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: 🝁

Noun

CV

  1. (virology) circovirus: A virus of the genus Circovirus
  2. (virology) coronavirus: A virus of the genus Coronavirus

Synonyms

coronavirus

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Abbreviation

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) Initialism of 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. (pathology) Initialism of coronavirus.
  12. (pathology) Initialism of cytolytic vaginosis.
  13. (engineering) Initialism of constant velocity.
    1. Ellipsis of CV joint.
  14. Initialism of computer vision.

Derived terms

(aircraft carrier):

Translations

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

Anagrams

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

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

Finnish

Etymology

English CV

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈseːˌʋeː/, [ˈsÌ e̞ːˌʋe̞ː]
  • Rhymes: -eː

Noun

CV

  1. curriculum vitae, resumé

Declension

Further reading

  • “CV”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /se.ve/
  • Audio (Paris):(file)
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

CV

  1. CV (“resume”): initialism of curriculum vité
  2. hp (“horsepower”): initialism of cheval-vapeur/chevaux-vapeurs (“steam horse(s)”) in sense of tax horsepower only (other horsepowers abbreviate to ch).

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtÍĄÊƒe.ve/, [ˈtÍĄÊƒe.fe]

Noun

CV (plural CV-CV)

  1. initialism of curriculum vitae
  2. (business) initialism of commanditaire vennootschap (“limited partnership”)
    Synonym: persekutuan komanditer

Further reading

Japanese

Etymology

Initialism of English character voice.

Noun

CV(ă‚·ăƒŒăƒ–ă‚€) ‱ (shÄ«bui

  1. synonym of 棰ć„Ș (seiyĆ«, “voice actor, character voice performer”)

Norwegian BokmÄl

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.[1] The forms CV-et (definite singular) and CV-a (definite plural) were then made obsolete.

References

  1. ^ Language Council of Norway, Spelling decisions since 2012 (in Norwegian, retrieved 12.21.20)

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.[1] The forms CV-et (definite singular), CV (as indefinite plural), and CV-a (definite plural) were then made obsolete.

References

  1. ^ Language Council of Norway, Spelling decisions since 2012 (in Norwegian, retrieved 12.21.20)

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English CV.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /siˈ.vi/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Syllabification: C‧V

Noun

CV n (indeclinable)

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

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Proper noun

CV m

  1. (Brazil) initialism of Comando Vermelho

Romanian

Proper noun

CV

  1. abbreviation of Covasna: a county of Romania

Spanish

Noun

CV m (plural CV)

  1. initialism of caballo de vapor (“hp (horsepower)”)

Swedish

Etymology

See cv.

Noun

CV n

  1. alternative letter-case form of cv (“curriculum vitae”).
    Synonym: meritförteckning

Declension

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 geçmiß