CV

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

Translingual

Symbol

CV

1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Cape Verde.

   Synonym: CPV (alpha-3)

2. (alchemy) quicklime, calx viva

   Synonym: 🝁

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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: cefałka (pl) f, curriculum vitae (pl) n, CV (pl) n, życiorys (pl) m
• Spanish: cv m
• Swedish: cv (sv) 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

Etymology

English CV

Pronunciation

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

Noun

CV

1. curriculum vitae, resumé

Declension

Declension of CV (type maa) singular plural nominative CV CV:t genitive CV:n CV:iden CV:itten partitive CV:tä CV:itä accusative CV CV:n CV:t inessive CV:ssä CV:issä elative CV:stä CV:istä illative CV:hen CV:ihin adessive CV:llä CV:illä ablative CV:ltä CV:iltä allative CV:lle CV:ille essive CV:nä CV:inä translative CV:ksi CV:iksi instructive – CV:in abessive CV:ttä CV:ittä comitative – CV:ineen

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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

Unadapted borrowing from English CV.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siˈvi/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ivi
• Syllabification: C‧V

Noun

CV n (indeclinable)

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

   Synonyms: cefałka, curriculum vitae, życiorys

Derived terms

noun

• cefałka

 

Related terms

noun

• curriculum vitae

 

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.

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Swedish

Etymology

See cv.

Noun

CV n

1. Alternative letter-case form of cv (“curriculum vitae”).

   Synonym: meritförteckning

Declension

• (singular indefinite nominative) CV
• (singular indefinite genitive) CV:s
• (singular definite nominative) CV:t
• (singular definite genitive) CV:ts
• (plural indefinite nominative) CV:n; CV
• (plural indefinite genitive) CV:ns; CV:s
• (plural definite nominative) CV:na
• (plural definite genitive) CV:nas

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Turkish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English CV

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siː viː/

Noun

CV (definite accusative CV'yi, plural CV'ler)

1. curriculum vitae

   Synonym: öz geçmiş