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English
Alternative forms
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)
- (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.
- (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
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
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Further reading
French
Pronunciation
Noun
curriculum vitae m (plural (traditional) curriculum vitae or (post-1990 spelling) curriculums vitae)
- Alternative form of curriculum vitæ
Further reading
Italian
Noun
curriculum vitae m (plural curricula vitae or curricula vitarum)
- curriculum vitae (summary of education and employment experience)
- resume
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
Noun
curriculum vitae m or n (definite singular curriculum vitaeen or curriculum vitaeet, indefinite plural curriculum vitaeer or curriculum vitae, definite plural curriculum vitaeene)
- curriculum vitae
- resume
References
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
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)
- curriculum vitae
- resume
Usage notes
- Prior to a revision in 2020, this noun was solely standardised as grammatically neuter.
References
Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Latin curriculum vītae.
Pronunciation
Noun
curriculum vitae n (indeclinable)
- curriculum vitae, CV (written account of one's education, accomplishments, etc.)
- Synonyms: cefałka, CV, życiorys
Related terms
Further reading
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Noun
curriculum vitae m (plural curricula vitae)
- curriculum vitae, resume (summary of education and employment experience)
- Synonyms: currículo, CV