rsvp

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/ˌɑː(ɹ)ɛs viː ˈpiː/

noun

A reply to an invitation.

“Will you rsvp for the party?”

OriginFrench RSVP →
CommonScrabble 9
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Meanings

rsvp1

verbrsvp (third-person singular simple present rsvps or rsvp's, present participle rsvping or rsvp'ing, simple past and past participle rsvped or rsvp'd or rsvp'ed)

present singular third person rsvps · present singular third person rsvp's · participle present rsvping · participle present rsvp'ing · participle past rsvped · past rsvped · participle past rsvp'd · past rsvp'd · participle past rsvp'ed · past rsvp'ed

  1. informalAlternative letter-case form of RSVP.

    Will you rsvp for the party?

    1 more example

    When did you rsvp to the wedding invitation?

RSVP2

nounRSVP (plural RSVPs)

plural RSVPs · alternative R.S.V.P. · alternative R. S. V. P. · alternative rsvp · alternative r.s.v.p. · alternative r. s. v. p.

  1. A reply to an invitation.
verbRSVP (third-person singular simple present RSVPs, present participle RSVPing, simple past and past participle RSVPed or RSVP'd)

present singular third person RSVPs · participle present RSVPing · participle past RSVPed · past RSVPed · participle past RSVP'd · past RSVP'd · alternative R.S.V.P. · alternative R. S. V. P. · alternative rsvp · alternative r.s.v.p. · alternative r. s. v. p.

  1. intransitiveTo reply to an invitation.

    "Well, all my future friends have already RSVPed," she informs me matter-of-factly, grabbing more snacks for her party.

    2022, Kelly Yang, New From Here, page 88
  2. restaurants; events; restaurants; eventsTo reserve a place.

RSVP3

proper noun
  1. abbreviationinitialismcomputingInitialism of Resource Reservation Protocol.
nounRSVP (plural RSVPs)

plural RSVPs

  1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of rapid serial visual presentation.
phrase
  1. abbreviationinitialismrestaurants; events; restaurants; eventsInitialism of reserve seating via phone.

Origin

RSVP · noun, verb

  1. FrenchRSVP
  2. EnglishRSVP

Orthographic borrowing from French RSVP, initialism of répondez s'il vous plaît (literally “respond if it pleases you”).

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RSVP · proper noun, noun, phrase

Abbreviations.

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Translations

Afrikaans a.asb.
  • a.asb.initialism meaning reply please
Danish s.u.
  • s.u.initialism meaning reply please
Dutch r.s.v.p.
  • r.s.v.p.initialism meaning reply please
Finnish V.P.
  • V.P.initialism meaning reply please
French R.S.V.P.
  • R.S.V.P.initialism meaning reply please
German u. A. w. g.
  • u. A. w. g.initialism meaning reply please
Hungarian választ kérünk
  • választ kérünkinitialism meaning reply please
Norwegian Bokmål S.u.
  • S.u.initialism meaning reply please
Russian про́сьба отве́тить, отвечать
  • про́сьба отве́тить (prósʹba otvétitʹ)initialism meaning reply please
  • отвечать (otvečatʹ)to reply to an invitation
Swedish OSA, o.s.a.
  • OSAinitialism meaning reply please
  • o.s.a.initialism meaning reply please
Turkish LCV
  • LCVinitialism meaning reply please
Vietnamese hồi báo, phúc đáp
  • hồi báoto reply to an invitation
  • phúc đápto reply to an invitation
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