curriculum vitae

English

Alternative forms

• curriculum vitæ

Etymology

From Latin curriculum (“course”) + vītae, genitive of vīta (“life”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kəˈrɪkjələm ˈviːtaɪ/
• IPA: /kəˈrɪkjᵿləm ˈvaɪtiː/

Noun

curriculum vitae (plural curricula vitae or curricula vitarum)

1. (UK) A written account of one's life comprising one's education, accomplishments, work experience, publications, etc.; especially, one used to apply for a job.
2. (US) A detailed written account of one's education and experience used to seek positions in academic or educational environments, typically including academic credentials, publications, courses taught, etc.

Synonyms

• (sense 1): CV UK, résumé US
• (sense 2): vita, CV US

Translations

written account of one's education, accomplishments, etc.

• Arabic: سيرة ذاتية (ar) (siira dhatíyya) f
• Bulgarian: автобиография (bg) (avtobiografija) f
• Catalan: currículum (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 簡歷 (cmn), 简历 (cmn) (jiǎnlì), 履歷表 (cmn), 履历表 (cmn) (lǚlìbiǎo), 履歷 (cmn), 履历 (cmn) (lǚlì)

• Czech: životopis (cs) m
• Dutch: curriculum vitae n, levensloop m
• Esperanto: kariertabelo (eo)
• Faroese: ævilýsing (fo) f
• Finnish: ansioluettelo (fi)
• French: curriculum vitæ (fr) m
• German: Lebenslauf (de) m
• Greek: βιογραφικό σημείωμα (el) (viografikó simeíoma) n

• Hungarian: önéletrajz (hu)
• Icelandic: ferilskrá (is) f
• Italian: curriculum vitae m
• Japanese: 履歴書 (ja) (りれきしょ, rirekisho)
• Korean: 이력서 (ko) (iryeokseo)
• Polish: życiorys (pl) m
• Portuguese: curriculum vitae m, currículo (pt) m
• Russian: резюме (ru) (rezjumé) n, краткая биография (ru) (krátkaja biográfija) f, автобиография (ru) (avtobiográfija) f
• Serbo-Croatian: životopis (sh) m
• Slovene: življenjepis (sl)
• Spanish: currículum vítae (es) m, currículo (es) m, resumen (es) m, historial (es) m, hoja de vida (es) f
• Turkish: öz geçmiş (tr)

External links

• Curriculum vitae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia