what does RSVP mean?

Answer 1

In French, Please Respond.

French: répondez s'il vous plaît (please reply)

Answer 2

RSVP is an abbreviation for the French phrase "Respondez S'il Vous Plait." In English, RSVP stands for "Reply Please!"

Example:
If you have received a wedding invitation with an RSVP notation, you are being asked to respond and let your hosts know whether or not you are able to attend.

Answer 3

RSVP is an abbreviation for the French phrase "Respondez S'il Vous Plait."
Basically it is a request from the person who invited you to verify your intended presence at a function.

Answer 4

* "Répondez s'il-vous-plaît" or "Réservez s'il-vous-plaît", a French phrase that translates to "Please respond" or "Please book your place".
* "Response Shall Verify Presence", an English substitute for the meaning of "R.S.V.P."
* Rapid Search via Paging, a primitive search technique where content is bucketed into parts, each called pages, and is paged or swapped in and out of limited computer memory on older computers
* Rapid Serial Visual Presentation
* The Rare Symmetry Violating Processes, a theoretical physics project terminated by the National Science Foundation, in August 2005, originally meant for construction in the same year, at Brookhaven National Laboratory on Long Island
* Resource ReSerVation Protocol
* The Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (Senior Corps), a program that promotes volunteerism of adults 55 and older throughout the USA
* RSVP Publications, a cooperative direct mail postcard package that is mailed to affluent homeowners throughout the US.
* Ride from Seattle to Vancouver and Party, a two-day, 186 mile (299 km) bike tour from Seattle, Washington, USA, to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
* R.S.V.P. (film), a 2002 horror film
* RSVP, a TV program aired on MuchMusic
* "R.S.V.P." pen from Pentel
* "R.S.V.P." (Five Star song) song by British pop group Five Star
* RSVP, an Australian dating site owned by Fairfax Media

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Answer 5

it means response' si vou plea it's french for respond if you please.

I don't know if the french spelling is right but the meaning is.

boy am I horrible at spelling french, but here is link that tells you more http://www.wisegeek.com/what-does-rsvp-mean.htm

Answer 6

It's totally French.

Repondez, s'il vous plait.

Translated, it means: Respond, please.

Literally from the French it means: Respond, if you please.

'S'il vous plait' is French for 'please', but 's'il' means 'if' and 'vous' means 'you'.

Answer 7

R.S.V.P. is the french term "Respondez S'il Vous Plait". Or in english, simply, Please Respond.

Answer 8

The term R.S.V.P. comes from the French expression "répondez s'il vous plaît", meaning "please respond".

Answer 9

Respondez, sil vous plez.

("Respond, if you please.")



So this means it's redundant to say "Please RSVP."

Answer 10

Responde sil vous plait, it means respond please.

Answer 11

repondez s'il vous plait.

it's French for please reply.