encounter

Etymology
From, from , , from , from itself from  +.

Verb

 * 1)  To meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly.
 * 2)  To confront (someone or something) face to face.
 * 3)  To engage in conflict, as with an enemy.
 * Three armies encountered at Waterloo.
 * 1)  To execute someone extrajudicially.
 * 1)  To engage in conflict, as with an enemy.
 * Three armies encountered at Waterloo.
 * 1)  To execute someone extrajudicially.
 * 1)  To execute someone extrajudicially.
 * 1)  To execute someone extrajudicially.

Derived terms

 * reencounter

Translations

 * Arabic: صَادَفَ,, عَثَرَ
 * Bulgarian: срещам случайно
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:, , na
 * Dutch:, , ,
 * Esperanto: renkonti
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: ,
 * German: ,
 * Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌼𐍉𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἀπαντάω
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Javanese: pranggul,
 * Kabuverdianu: atxa, otxá
 * Korean:, , 맞닥뜨리다
 * Latin: nanciscor,
 * Middle English: aȝeinen
 * Ottoman Turkish: راستلامق
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Punjabi:
 * Gurmukhi: ਟਕਰਾਉਣ
 * Shahmukhi: ٹکراوݨ
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: (неожиданно/случайно), ,
 * Slovak:
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: zmakaś
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Turkish:
 * Vietnamese: bắt gặp


 * Bulgarian: сблъсквам се
 * Dutch:, oog in oog staan met
 * Esperanto: alfronti
 * Finnish:
 * Greek:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ната́лкиваться (на трудности), столкну́ться (с трудностями)


 * Bulgarian: излизам насреща на
 * Dutch:, het hoofd bieden
 * Esperanto: kontraŭbatali
 * Greek:
 * Hindi: लोहा लेना
 * Hungarian: összetűzésbe keveredik
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, име́ть столкнове́ние

Noun

 * 1) A meeting, especially one that is unplanned or unexpected.
 * 2) A hostile, often violent meeting; a confrontation, skirmish, or clash, as between combatants.
 * 3)  A match between two opposing sides.
 * 4)  A sexual encounter; sexual activity, especially unplanned or unexpected, between people not in a sexual relationship, that usually does not lead to the establishment of a relationship, and may or may not happen again. A sexual encounter could be consensual or non-consensual; in the latter case, it is a sexual assault. A consensual sexual encounter that happens only once is commonly known as a one-night stand.
 * 5)  The period of a space mission during which it carries out its data-gathering objectives.
 * 6)  An extrajudicial killing or execution.
 * 1)  A sexual encounter; sexual activity, especially unplanned or unexpected, between people not in a sexual relationship, that usually does not lead to the establishment of a relationship, and may or may not happen again. A sexual encounter could be consensual or non-consensual; in the latter case, it is a sexual assault. A consensual sexual encounter that happens only once is commonly known as a one-night stand.
 * 2)  The period of a space mission during which it carries out its data-gathering objectives.
 * 3)  An extrajudicial killing or execution.
 * 1)  The period of a space mission during which it carries out its data-gathering objectives.
 * 2)  An extrajudicial killing or execution.

Synonyms

 * clash, confrontation, brush, skirmish

Translations

 * Belarusian: сустрэ́ча
 * Bulgarian: случайна среща,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: (ongeplande) ,
 * Esperanto: renkonto
 * Estonian: kohtumine
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: encontro
 * German: ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Japanese:
 * Macedonian: средба
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: encontro inesperado
 * Russian: случа́йная встре́ча,
 * Scottish Gaelic: coinneachadh
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: сусрет
 * Roman:
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene: srečanje
 * Ukrainian: зу́стріч
 * Yiddish: באַגעגעניש


 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Finnish:
 * Galician: contenda
 * Greek: ,
 * Hindi: मुक़ाबला
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish:
 * Old Irish: comrac
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Slovak: stret


 * French: