It's French, and the literal meaning is: "répondez s'il vous plaît", which roughly translates to, "Please tell me if you plan to come", or more accurately, "please respond".
RSVP, or R.S.V.P. is a French acronym for the phrase répondez s'il vous plaît.
It is a polite request from the sender to the recipient to please respond to this letter or card.
It is used to determine whether someone will be attending a party, wedding, or event.
Sadly, many people rather rudely fail to respond, yet show up, placing unnecessary burden on the hosts. Failing to respond in either the negative or affirmative can be considered to be rude and in poor taste. Consequently, it may severely limit the recipient from being invited to other events.
RSVP
It is commonly known that RSVP means reply to something such as an invitation to an event. The letters actually stand for "repondez s'il vous plait", which translates from French to "please respond."
It refers to the French word "Répondez s'il vous plaît", and is used to request a response
RSVP is an abbreviation from the French "Repondez s'il vous plait" meaning Please reply.
It's French, and the literal meaning is: "répondez s'il vous plaît", which roughly translates to, "Please tell me if you plan to come", or more accurately, "please respond".
RSVP stands for répondez s'il vous plait (the favor of a reply is requested). In general, to RSVP means to let whoever is inviting you know whether you will be attending a specific event.
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RSVP = répondez, s'il vous plaît. Actual translation (from French) - respond if you please or more commonly, please reply.
RSVP is a french term "répondez, s'il vous plaît" "please reply"
'RSvP' is the initials of the French phrase ' Repond s'il vous plait'. On receipt of an invitation, in English is means 'please reply'.
Why do people not know that it is R.s.v.p. I have seen so many people capitalize all the letters or leave out the periods. That is because according to Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Eleventh Edition, the abbreviation should be treated with all capital letters and no periods.
Répondez s'il vous plaît which means please reply in french