# CV

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #12,748

## Definitions
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.
13. Initialism of cross-validation.
14. Initialism of coronavirus.
15. Initialism of cytolytic vaginosis.
16. Initialism of constant velocity.
17. Initialism of constant velocity.
18. Initialism of computer vision.
19. Initialism of cock vore.

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

## Easily confused with
- **CW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cv-vs-cw)
- **CX** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cv-vs-cx)
- **cz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cv-vs-cz)
- **CVS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cv-vs-cvs)
- **CVD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cv-vs-cvd)
- **c** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/c-vs-cv)
- **co** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/co-vs-cv)
- **CA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ca-vs-cv)
- **CD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cd-vs-cv)
- **CM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cm-vs-cv)
- **CC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cc-vs-cv)
- **CT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ct-vs-cv)
- **CR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cr-vs-cv)
- **ch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ch-vs-cv)
- **cs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cs-vs-cv)
- **Cl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cl-vs-cv)
- **CE** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ce-vs-cv)
- **cp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cp-vs-cv)
- **CB** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cb-vs-cv)
- **CU** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cu-vs-cv)

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/cv