CV

See also: cv, cV, .cv, cv., and C.V.

Translingual

Symbol

CV

1. The ISO 3166-1 two-letter (alpha-2) code for Cape Verde.

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English

Alternative forms

• C.V., C. V.

Etymology

Abbreviation

• (anime, Japanimation): From Japanese CV, from English character+voice
• (aircraft carrier): Initialism of cruiser (“croiseur”) + French voler (“to fly”).

Noun

CV (countable and uncountable, plural CVs)

1. Initialism of curriculum vitae.
2. (military) Initialism of combat vehicle.
3. Abbreviation of cellevision.
4. (philately) Initialism of catalog value.
5. (anime) character's voice (“voice actor”)
6. (phonetics) Initialism of cardinal vowel.
7. (US, navy) aircraft carrier (“Cruiser Voler”), a diesel-powered warship launching and landing heavier than air flying vehicles (a nuclear-powered one is a CVN)
8. (astronomy) Initialism of cataclysmic variable.
9. (business) Initialism of countervailing.
10. (statistics) Initialism of cross-validation.
11. (medicine) Initialism of coronavirus.

Derived terms

(aircraft carrier):

Derived terms

• CVA
• CVD
• CVE
• CVL

• CVN
• ACV

Translations

curriculum vitae

• Catalan: cv (ca) m
• Czech: sívíčko (cs) n
• Finnish: ansioluettelo (fi), CV (fi)
• French: CV (fr) m

• Greek: ΒΣ n (VS)
• Polish: CV (pl) n
• Spanish: cv m
• Swedish: cv c or n

aircraft carrier

• French: PA (fr)

Proper noun

CV

1. Abbreviation of Carmel Valley., a city in San Diego county, immediately inland from Del Mar.

Adjective

CV (not comparable)

1. (medicine) Initialism of cardiovascular.

   CV disease;  CV risk

2. (anatomy, medicine) Initialism of costovertebral.

   CV angle

See also

• 2CV

Anagrams

• V.C., VC

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Danish

Noun

CV

1. resumé, curriculum vitae

Usage notes

This is not restricted to academia, but used in all venues of employment.

Declension

Declension of CV

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	CV	CV'et	CV'er	CV'erne
genitive	CVs	CV'ets	CV'ers	CV'ernes

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seːˈveː/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

CV n (plural CV's)

1. curriculum vitae

Noun

CV f (plural CV's)

1. Initialism of centrale verwarming., central heating

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈseːˌʋeː/, [ˈs̠e̞ːˌʋe̞ː]

Noun

CV

1. curriculum vitae, resumé

Declension

Declension of CV (type maa) singular plural nominative CV genitive partitive accusative CV inessive elative illative adessive ablative allative essive translative instructive – abessive comitative –

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /se.ve/

• Audio (Paris)

  (file)

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

CV

1. CV (“resume”): Initialism of curriculum vitae.
2. hp (“horsepower”): Initialism of cheval-vapeur.

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Japanese

Etymology

Initialism of English character voice.

Noun

C(シー)V(ブイ) • (shībui) 

1. Synonym of 声優 (seiyū, “voice actor, character voice performer”)

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• cv (lower case)

Noun

CV m (definite singular CV-en, indefinite plural CV-er, definite plural CV-ene)

1. Initialism of curriculum vitae.

Usage notes

• Prior to a 2019 revision, this initialism was also considered grammatically neuter. The forms CV-et (definite singular) and CV-a (definite plural) were then made obsolete.

References

• “CV” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• cv (lower case)

Noun

CV m (definite singular CV-en, indefinite plural CV-ar, definite plural CV-ane)

1. Initialism of curriculum vitae.

Usage notes

• Prior to a 2019 revision, this initialism was also considered grammatically neuter. The forms CV-et (definite singular), CV (as indefinite plural), and CV-a (definite plural) were then made obsolete.

References

• “CV” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Polish

Etymology

From English CV.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siˈvi/
• Hyphenation: C‧V
• Rhymes: -ivʲi

Noun

CV n (indeclinable)

1. CV (written account of one's education, accomplishments, etc.)

   Synonyms: curriculum vitae, życiorys

Further reading

• CV in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• CV in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Romanian

Proper noun

CV

1. Abbreviation of Covasna, a county in Romania.