What is 'gentil de vous rencontrer' in English?

Nice to meet you is an English equivalent of 'gentil de vous rencontrer'. The Words in French are pronounced 'jawn-tee duh voo rawn-kohn-treh'.

In the Word by Word translation, the adjective 'gentil'means 'nice, kind'. The preposition 'de' means 'of'. The personal pronoun 'vous' means 'you'. The infinitive 'rencontrer' means 'to meet'. The phrase actually is considered a direct translation of the English 'nice to meet you' into French.