English Explanatory Dictionary

CV

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Initialism of curriculum vitae.
  2. Initialism of combat vehicle.
  3. Initialism of construction vessel
  4. Initialism of container vessel; a container ship
  5. Initialism of commercial vehicle
  6. Abbreviation of cellevision.
  7. Initialism of catalog value.
  8. Initialism of character's voice (“voice actor”).
  9. Initialism of cardinal vowel.
  10. aircraft carrier (“Cruiser Voler”), a diesel-powered warship launching and landing heavier than air flying vehicles (a nuclear-powered one is a CVN)
  11. Initialism of cataclysmic variable.
  12. Initialism of countervailing.
name
  1. Abbreviation of Carmel Valley, a city in San Diego county, immediately inland from Del Mar.
adj
  1. Initialism of cardiovascular.
  2. Initialism of costovertebral.

Word forms

CV CVs C.V. C. V.

Etymology

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

Related words

2CV

Derived words

ACV CVA CVD CVE CVH CVL CVM CVN CVT CVV
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