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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.

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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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Contents
  • 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.

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