What is the complete definition of R.S.V.P?

Question

in other words what does R.S.V.P. really mean

Answer 1

It's French

Respondez, S'il vous plait

Translated to English, it means Respond (to this) please.

After the American Civil War, people with questionable manners arrived in the South to make money in the Restoration.  When those people were invited to events, they didn't have the social graces necessary to know to respond to the hostess with an acceptance or decline, so proper Southern ladies started putting "Respondez, s'il vous plait" at the bottom of the invitation to tell invitees to respond.  Eventually it got shortened to RSVP

Answer 2

Well it's really an acronym in French. It stands for Respondez Si Vou Plez (I don't know if that's spelled right) but that's what it means and stands for. In other words, please respond and confirm.

Answer 3

Wow!  Right up my alley.   My four years of high school french were for something after all.   It's "Respondez Vous Si'l Vous Plait"   Respond to the invitation, please.    R for Respondez.   S for S'il .   V for Vous   and P for Plait.

Answer 4

Respondez, s'il vous plai

Pretty much, "Please respond"

:)

Answer 5

It stems from the French - Respond Si Voux Plais - please respond.

Answer 6

really good question lol...R.S.V.P. stands for a French phrase, "répondez, s'il vous plaît.. which means please reply...

haha i had to look that up haha i didnt knoww

haha

Answer 7

R.S.V.P.





R.S.V.P. or r.s.v.p.

verb

Definition:



used to request reply: used on an invitation to request a response to it

[Abbreviation of French répondez s'il vous plaît]

thx

Answer 8

This is French for repondez s'il vous plait, which translates into English as please answer.  

Answer 9

""Répondez s'il vous plaît", a French phrase that translates to "reply, please." or literally "reply, if it pleases you" [1]. It is with this meaning that invitation cards and similar documents are often marked with "R.S.V.P." It is standard practice to reply to an RSVP request whether confirming attendance or declining."