cv
French, noun
cv is spelled C-V (2 letters) and appears 15 times per million words in written French, the 4,842nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cv is a French noun meaning “alternative letter-case form of CV (“horsepower”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, CV is a different word: “initialism of curriculum vitæ”.
What does cv mean in English?
interjection
- 1
abbreviation of ça va
noun
- 1
alternative letter-case form of CV (“horsepower”)
noun
- 1
masculineinitialism of curriculum vitæ
- 2
masculineabbreviation of cheval fiscal (“tax horsepower”)
- 3
masculineinitialism of cheval-vapeur (“metric horsepower”)
noun
- 1
feminineinitialism of carte Vitale, a health insurance card used in France.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Curriculum vitæ.
symbol: 1. Sigle de cheval-vapeur. 2. Abréviation de cheval fiscal.
symbol: 1. Symbole du cheval-vapeur, unité de mesure de puissance. 2. Cheval fiscal.
interjection: 1. Ça va.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cv
- sava
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to cv
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cv in French?
cv appears 15 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).