recroiser

Recroiser is a French verb formed by the prefix re- and the verb croiser.

Meaning:

• Croiser means "to cross" or "to meet/cross paths with someone or something."
• Recroiser means "to cross paths with again" or "to meet again by chance."

Breakdown:

• re-: a prefix meaning "again" or "back."
• croiser: from 'croix' meaning "cross," the verb means "to cross."

Thus, recroiser implies the idea of encountering or crossing someone/a situation once more after a previous encounter.

Examples:

• J’ai recroisé mon professeur au marché.
  ("I met my teacher again at the market.")

• Nous avons recroisé la route de cet artiste pendant notre voyage.
  ("We crossed paths with that artist again during our trip.")

French synonyms:

• Rencontrer à nouveau (to meet again)
• Retrouver (to find, to meet again)
• Recroiser la route de (idiomatic expression often used to describe an unexpected meeting again)

French antonyms:

There aren't direct antonyms because "recroiser" implies repeated meeting. But opposites could be described contextually as:

• Éviter (to avoid)
• Ne plus voir / Ne plus croiser (to no longer see/cross paths with)

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In summary, recroiser is essentially "to encounter or meet again," commonly used in everyday French when one unexpectedly meets someone for a second or subsequent time.