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rsvp

/ˌɑː(ɹ)ɛs viː ˈpiː/

rsvp is the alternative letter-case form of RSVP.

Noun (1) capitalized: RSVP

RSVP (plural RSVPs)

  1. A reply to an invitation.

Verb (1) capitalized: RSVP

RSVP (third-person singular simple present RSVPs, present participle RSVPing, simple past and past participle RSVPed or RSVP'd)

  1. (intransitive) To reply to an invitation.

Proper noun capitalized: RSVP

RSVP

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Resource Reservation Protocol.

Noun (2) capitalized: RSVP

RSVP (plural RSVPs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of rapid serial visual presentation.

Phrase capitalized: RSVP

RSVP

  1. (abbreviation, initialism, restaurants, events) Initialism of reserve seating via phone.

Verb (2) capitalized: RSVP

RSVP (third-person singular simple present RSVPs, present participle RSVPing, simple past and past participle RSVPed or RSVP'd)

  1. (restaurants, events) To reserve a place.

Forms of rsvp

third-person singular presentrsvps
third-person singular presentrsvp's
present participlersvping
present participlersvp'ing
past participlersvped
pastrsvped
past participlersvp'd
pastrsvp'd
past participlersvp'ed
pastrsvp'ed
third-person singular presentRSVPs
present participleRSVPing
past participleRSVPed
pastRSVPed
past participleRSVP'd
pastRSVP'd

Origin of rsvp

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

Abbreviations.

Questions about rsvp

What does rsvp mean?
Rsvp means a reply to an invitation.
What is rsvp the alternative letter-case form of?
Rsvp is the alternative letter-case form of RSVP.
What part of speech is rsvp?
Rsvp can be a noun, a verb, a proper noun or a phrase.
How do you pronounce rsvp?
Rsvp is pronounced /ˌɑː(ɹ)ɛs viː ˈpiː/.
What is the plural of rsvp?
The plural of rsvp is RSVPs.

Words near rsvp in the dictionary

  1. RSUs
  2. RSV
  3. RSVC
  4. RSVCs
  5. RSVM
  6. rsvp
  7. RSVP'd
  8. RSVPed
  9. RSVPing
  10. RSVPs
  11. RSVs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rsvp (page history and authors); RSVP (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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