Comments on: What do you think “Forvo” means?

By: Etl World News | FORVO.

Etl World News | FORVO. — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:53:37 +0000

[...] “ingridzb (Female from Slovenia)” say it. Addictive and educational. (They’re coy about what “forvo” means, but apparently it’s something close to [...]

By: Forvo

Forvo — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:47:50 +0000

@escorpiuser… great shot. Not exact, but very close. :)

By: Escorpiuser

Escorpiuser — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:42:18 +0000

I would bet that “Forvo” stands for “FOR-VOcalization”… Right??

But it wasn’t evident at first sight until gave it a thought after I read your question…

Another, as acronym (with a bit of humor):

First On-line Right Vocalization Operative

;-D

By: douwen

douwen — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:44:50 +0000

I think Forvo is good, but, i cant hear anything when i click on a play button of a word.
i use firefox 3 , on a Ubuntu OS.

By: peterahon

peterahon — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 04:21:21 +0000

i just wonder why adding words does not have button to have it pronounced since the web service here is suppose to be pornounced words. words are useless if they are not heard since only few would understand it, i suggest tht a button to have it pronounced should go with the page when submitting a word.

also I would like to suggest so it will be more useful to display it on our webblog/page to have a player for all the words submitted by a user so those interested could just click them and plays words submitted…

another thing – aside from tags, it is also important to add another category that of descritption or context. It would be nice to understand esp useful expression and know their context and proper use

got lots of suggestions since i do admire this service. indeed this site will be helpful for those who would want to learn languages.