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CV

CV noun: aircraft carrier (“Cruiser Voler”), a diesel-powered warship launching and landing heavier than air flying vehicles (a nuclear-powered one is a CVN). Also the initialism of curriculum vitae.

Noun

CV (countable and uncountable, plural CVs)

  1. (US) aircraft carrier (“Cruiser Voler”), a diesel-powered warship launching and landing heavier than air flying vehicles (a nuclear-powered one is a CVN)

Also used as

CV is also the initialism of curriculum vitae.

CV is also the initialism of combat vehicle.

CV is also the initialism of construction vessel.

CV is also the initialism of container vessel.

CV is also the initialism of commercial vehicle.

CV is also the abbreviation of cellevision.

Forms of CV

pluralCVs
alternative formC.V.
alternative formC. V.

Origin of CV

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

Words formed from CV

Phrases with CV

Questions about CV

What does CV mean?
CV means aircraft carrier (“Cruiser Voler”), a diesel-powered warship launching and landing heavier than air flying vehicles (a nuclear-powered one is a CVN).
What part of speech is CV?
CV is a noun.
What is the plural of CV?
The plural of CV is CVs.

Words near CV in the dictionary

  1. cuzzis
  2. cuzzo
  3. cuzzos
  4. cuzzy
  5. Cuzăplac
  6. CV
  7. CV ICU
  8. CV joint
  9. CV joints
  10. CV-19
  11. cv.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: CV (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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