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/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Noun

curriculum vitae (plural curricula vitae or (hypercorrect) 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.

• Afrikaans: curriculum vitae
• Arabic: سِيرَة ذَاتِيَّة f (sīra ḏātiyya)
• Armenian: ռեզյումե (hy) (ṙezyume), ինքնակենսագրություն (hy) (inkʻnakensagrutʻyun), ինքնակենսագրական (hy) (inkʻnakensagrakan)
• 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)
• Hindi: स्ववृत्त (hi) m (svavŕtt)
• Hungarian: önéletrajz (hu)
• Icelandic: ferilskrá f
• Italian: curriculum vitae m
• Japanese: 履歴書 (ja) (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)
• Tibetan: མི་ཚེའི་ལོ་རྒྱུས་མདོར་སྡུས (mi tshe'i lo rgyus mdor sdus, literally “abridged history of a human life”)
• 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

French

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

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.

Italian

Noun

curriculum vitae m (plural curricula vitae or curricula vitarum)

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• CV, cv (initialisms)

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

• “curriculum vitae” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• CV, cv (initialisms)

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.

References

• “curriculum vitae” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin curriculum vītae.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuˈrikulum ˈvi.tɛ/

• Audio:

  (file)

• 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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kuˈʁi.ku.lũ viˈtaj/ [kuˈhi.ku.lũ viˈtaɪ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kuˈʁi.ku.lũ viˈtaj/ [kuˈhi.ku.lũ viˈtaɪ̯]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kuˈʁi.ku.lũ viˈtaj/ [kuˈχi.ku.lũ viˈtaɪ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuˈʁi.ku.lũ viˈtaj/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuˈʁi.ku.lũ viˈtaj/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuˈʁi.ku.lũ biˈtaj/

Noun

curriculum vitae m (plural curricula vitae)

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

   Synonyms: currículo, CV