curriculum vitae

See also: curriculum vitæ

English

Alternative forms

• curriculum vitæ

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin curriculum (“course”) + vītae, genitive of vīta (“life”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈɹɪkjələm ˈviːteɪ/, /kəˈɹɪkjələm ˈviːtaɪ/, /kəˈɹɪkjələm ˈvaɪtiː/

Noun

curriculum vitae (plural curricula vitae or curricula vitarum)

1. (British) 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: سِيرَة ذَاتِيَّة f (sīra ḏātiyya)
• Armenian: ռեզյումե (hy) (ṙezyume)
• Azerbaijani: tərcümeyi-hal
• Belarusian: жыццяпіс m (žyccjapis), жыцьцяпіс m (žycʹcjapis) (taraškievica)
• Bulgarian: автобиогра́фия (bg) f (avtobiográfija), резюме́ (bg) n (rezjumé)
• Catalan: currículum (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 簡歷／简历 (zh) (jiǎnlì), 简历 (zh) (jiǎnlì), 履歷表／履历表 (zh) (lǚlìbiǎo), 履历表 (zh) (lǚlìbiǎo), 履歷／履历 (zh) (lǚlì), 履历 (zh) (lǚlì), 履歷書／履历书 (zh) (lǚlìshū), 履历书 (zh) (lǚlìshū)

• Czech: životopis (cs) m
• Dutch: curriculum vitae n, levensloop (nl) m
• Esperanto: kariertabelo
• Estonian: elulookirjeldus, resümee
• Faroese: ævilýsing f
• Finnish: ansioluettelo (fi)
• French: curriculum vitæ (fr) m
• Georgian: რეზუმე (rezume)
• German: Lebenslauf (de) m
• Greek: βιογραφικό σημείωμα n (viografikó simeíoma)
• Hungarian: önéletrajz (hu)
• Icelandic: ferilskrá f
• Italian: curriculum vitae m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 履歴書 (りれきしょ, rirekisho)
• Kazakh: түйіндеме (tüiındeme), резюме (rezüme), түйін хат (tüiın xat)
• Khmer: អាជីវប្រវត្តិ (aa ciivʊ prɑvoat)
• Korean: 이력서 (ko) (iryeokseo)
• Lao: ຊີວະປະຫວັດ (lo) (sī wa pa wat)
• Latvian: rezumē f
• Lithuanian: mokymo planas m
• Maori: tātai pūmanawa
• Persian: رزومه (fa) (rezume)
• Polish: życiorys (pl) m
• Portuguese: curriculum vitae m, currículo (pt) m
• Russian: резюме́ (ru) n (rezjumɛ́), кра́ткая биогра́фия f (krátkaja biográfija), автобиогра́фия (ru) f (avtobiográfija)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: животопис m

  Roman: životopis (sh) m

• Slovene: življenjepis (sl)
• Spanish: currículum vítae (es) m, currículum (es) m, currículo (es) m, resumen (es) m, historial (es) m, hoja de vida f
• Swedish: CV (sv) n
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: öz geçmiş (tr)
• Ukrainian: резюме́ n (rezjumé)

See also

• portfolio
• repertoire

Further reading

• curriculum vitae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Italian

Noun

curriculum vitae m (plural curricula vitae or curricula vitarum)

1. curriculum vitae (summary of education and employment experience)
2. resume