Forvo
Sign in to saveForvo.com ( ) is a website that allows access to, and playback of, pronunciation sound clips in many different languages to facilitate language learning. Forvo.com was first envisioned in 2007 by co-founder Israel Rondón, and came to fruition in 2008. Forvo.com is owned by Forvo Media SL, based in San Sebastián, Spain. It claims on its "about" page to be the largest pronunciation guide website on the Internet. It has been listed among the 50 best websites of 2013 by Time.
Key facts
- Website.logo
- File:Forvo logo.svg
- Website.caption
- Screenshot of Forvo as of April 4th, 2010.
- Website.name
- Forvo
- Website.commercial
- Yes
- Website.url
- forvo.com
- Website.type
- Linguistics
- Website.registration
- Optional, but required to download MP3s and to add pronunciations
- Website.owner
- Forvo Media SL
- Website.launch_date
- January 2008
- Website.content_license
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0
- Website.footnotes
- License was Creative Commons from January 2008 until August 2019. See note below.
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- forvo.com
- Motto
- 世界上所有词语的母语发音
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- inception
- 2008-01-00
- search formatter URL
- forvo.com/search/$1
- Alexa rank
- 10748
- review score
- best 50 websites of 2013
- IPA transcription
- /ˈfɔːrvoʊ/
- catchphrase
- All the words in the world. Pronounced.
- social media followers
- 4585
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- Recommendations for adding words
- Forvo License and User's Rights
- See also
- References
- External links
Forvo.com ( ) is a website that allows access to, and playback of, pronunciation sound clips in many different languages to facilitate language learning. Forvo.com was first envisioned in 2007 by co-founder Israel Rondón, and came to fruition in 2008. Forvo.com is owned by Forvo Media SL, based in San Sebastián, Spain. It claims on its "about" page to be the largest pronunciation guide website on the Internet. It has been listed among the 50 best websites of 2013 by Time.
All sound clips on Forvo.com are user-generated, which are voted on by other users, positively or negatively, in an effort to ensure that the highest quality sound clips have priority in the site's listings. The pronunciations are also reviewed and edited by a volunteer team of editors.