English Explanatory Dictionary

curriculum vitae

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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. 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.

Pronunciation

/kəˈɹɪkjələm ˈviːteɪ/ /kəˈɹɪkjələm ˈviːtaɪ/ /kəˈɹɪkjələm ˈvaɪtiː/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-curriculum vitae.wav

Word forms

curriculum vitae curricula vitae curricula vitarum curriculum vitæ

Etymology

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

Synonyms

CV résumé vita

Related words

portfolio repertoire

Translations

Afrikaans: curriculum vitae Arabic: سِيرَة ذَاتِيَّة Armenian: ռեզյումե Armenian: ինքնակենսագրություն Armenian: ինքնակենսագրական Azerbaijani: tərcümeyi-hal Belarusian: жыццяпі́с Belarusian: жыцьцяпі́с Belarusian: рэзюмэ́ Bulgarian: автобиогра́фия Bulgarian: резюме́ Catalan: currículum Chinese Mandarin: 簡歷 /简历 Chinese Mandarin: 履歷表 /履历表 Chinese Mandarin: 履歷 /履历 Chinese Mandarin: 履歷書 /履历书 Czech: životopis Czech: resumé Dutch: curriculum vitae Dutch: cv Dutch: levensloop Esperanto: kariertabelo Estonian: elulookirjeldus Estonian: resümee Faroese: ævilýsing Finnish: ansioluettelo French: curriculum vitæ French: CV Georgian: რეზუმე German: Lebenslauf German: CV German: Résumé Greek: βιογραφικό σημείωμα Hindi: स्ववृत्त Hungarian: önéletrajz Icelandic: ferilskrá Italian: curriculum vitae Japanese: 履歴書 Kazakh: түйіндеме Kazakh: резюме Kazakh: түйін хат Khmer: អាជីវប្រវត្តិ Korean: 이력서 Korean: 리력서 Kyrgyz: резюме Lao: ຊີວະປະຫວັດ Latvian: rezumē Lithuanian: mokymo planas Macedonian: резиме́ Māori: tātai pūmanawa Iranian Persian: رِزومِه Polish: cefałka Polish: curriculum vitae Polish: CV Polish: życiorys Portuguese: curriculum vitae Portuguese: currículo Russian: резюме́ Russian: кра́ткая биогра́фия Russian: автобиогра́фия Serbo-Croatian: живото̀пис Serbo-Croatian: životòpis Slovak: životopis Slovak: rezumé Slovene: življenjepis Spanish: currículum vítae Spanish: currículum Spanish: currículo Spanish: resumen laboral Spanish: historial experiencial Spanish: hoja de vida Spanish: expediente cualificante
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