curriculum vitae

curriculum vitae

See also: curriculum vitæ

English

Alternative forms

• curriculum vitæ

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

curriculum vitae (plural curricula vitae or (hypercorrect) curricula vitarum)

1. (Britain) 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: жыццяпі́с m (žyccjapís), жыцьцяпі́с m (žycʹcjapís) (taraškievica), рэзюмэ́ n (rezjumé) Bulgarian: автобиогра́фия (bg) f (avtobiográfija), резюме́ (bg) n (rezjumé) Catalan: currículum (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 簡歷／简历 (zh) (jiǎnlì), 履歷表／履历表 (zh) (lǚlìbiǎo), 履歷／履历 (zh) (lǚlì), 履歷書／履历书 (zh) (lǚlìshū) Czech: životopis (cs) m, resumé (cs) n Dutch: curriculum vitae n, levensloop (nl) m Esperanto: kariertabelo (eo) Estonian: elulookirjeldus, resümee Faroese: ævilýsing f Finnish: ansioluettelo (fi) French: curriculum vitæ (fr) m, CV (fr) m Georgian: რეზუმე (rezume) German: Lebenslauf (de) m, CV (de) n, Résumé n Greek: βιογραφικό σημείωμα n (viografikó simeíoma) Hungarian: önéletrajz (hu) Icelandic: ferilskrá f Italian: curriculum vitae m Japanese: 履歴書 (りれきしょ, rirekisho) Kazakh: түйіндеме (tüiındeme), резюме (rezüme), түйін хат (tüiın xat), резюме (rezüme) Khmer: អាជីវប្រវត្តិ (ʼaaciivĕəʼ prɑvŏət) Korean: 이력서(履歷書) (ko) (iryeokseo), 리력서(履歷書) (ko) (riryeokseo) (North Korea) Kyrgyz: резюме (rezyume) Lao: ຊີວະປະຫວັດ (lo) (sī wa pa wat) Latvian: rezumē f Lithuanian: mokymo planas m Macedonian: резиме́ n (rezimé) Maori: tātai pūmanawa Persian: رزومه‎ (fa) (rezume) Polish: cefałka (pl) f, curriculum vitae (pl) n, CV (pl) n, 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: живото̀пис m Roman: životòpis (sh) m Slovak: životopis m, rezumé n Slovene: življenjepis (sl) m 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 Tajik: корномак (kornomak), резюме (rezyume) Thai: ประวัติย่อ (bprà-wàt-yɔ̂ɔ) Turkish: öz geçmiş (tr) Ukrainian: резюме́ n (rezjumé) Vietnamese: lí lịch, lý lịch (vi), hồ sơ ứng tuyển

See also

• portfolio
• repertoire

Further reading

• curriculum vitae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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French

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Noun

curriculum vitae m (plural (traditional) curriculum vitae or (post-1990 spelling) curriculums vitae)

1. Alternative form of curriculum vitæ

Further reading

• “curriculum vitae”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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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

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• (initialisms) CV, cv

Noun

curriculum vitae m or n (definite singular curriculum vitaeen or curriculum vitaeet, indefinite plural curriculum vitaeer or curriculum vitae, definite plural curriculum vitaeene)

1. curriculum vitae
2. resume

References

• vitae “curriculum vitae” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• (initialisms) CV, cv

Noun

curriculum vitae m or n (definite singular curriculum vitaeen or curriculum vitaeet, indefinite plural curriculum vitaear or curriculum vitae, definite plural curriculum vitaeane or curriculum vitaea)

1. curriculum vitae
2. resume

Usage notes

• Prior to a revision in 2020, this noun was solely standardised as grammatically neuter.[1]

References

• vitae “curriculum vitae” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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

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Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin curriculum vītae.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuˈrikulum ˈvi.tɛ/
• Rhymes: -itɛ

Noun

curriculum vitae n (indeclinable)

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

   Synonyms: cefałka, CV, życiorys

Related terms

nouns

• cefałka
• CV

 

Further reading

• curriculum vitae in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• curriculum vitae in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ku.ʁi.kuˈlũ viˈtaj/ [ku.hi.kuˈlũ viˈtaɪ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ku.ʁi.kuˈlũ viˈtaj/ [ku.hi.kuˈlũ viˈtaɪ̯]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ku.ʁi.kuˈlũ viˈtaj/ [ku.χi.kuˈlũ viˈtaɪ̯]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.ʁi.kuˈlũ ˈvi.taj/

Noun

curriculum vitae m (plural curricula vitae)

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

   Synonyms: currículo, CV