1. an unexpected or chance meeting or encounter
Usage: formal; literary

Examples

• The rencontre between the two former friends was awkward and brief.
• Their rencontre at the coffee shop led to a renewed friendship.
• The diplomatic rencontre resulted in a breakthrough agreement.
• She had hoped to avoid any rencontre with her ex-husband at the party.
• The chance rencontre in Paris changed the course of their lives.
• The novel describes a fateful rencontre between the protagonist and his rival.