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# How to pronounce "wcf" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet)**: `/wkf/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **wcf**
- **Parts of Speech**: phrase, noun
- **PHRASE**: Initialism of women and children first (“a social norm in rescuing people from shipwrecks”).
- **NOUN**: Abbreviation of weak coin flip.

## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (14 Video Clips)

Listen to native speakers pronounce "wcf" in real conversation:

### Example 1
> "this is for Peru this is for our country her success would not have been possible without the support of the world Cinema fund or WCF the finance program for international art housee films was the brainchild of balana director da"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 8:11](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hxTMI4_rGg&t=491s)

### Example 2
> "inspire fear and hatred of homosexuals isn't it um in 2014 the wcf claimed that its call for civic dialogue that it had never taken a position for or against so-called sodomy laws nor had it attempted to roll back the rights gained by these individuals that was pure nonsense wasn't it the"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 5:08](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xp0gDmPjvRc&t=308s)

### Example 3
> "Concepts and new Aesthetics films that are daring such projects are most likely to be realized when directors are given enough Freedom the WCF provides some 50,000 in production Aid to be spent in the country where the filming is done to encourage Regional film Industries there are few strings attached something which filmmaker Rya"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 9:37](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hxTMI4_rGg&t=577s)

### Example 4
> "it's unclear how long the world Cinema fund can go on supporting filmmakers it's financing from the German Federal cultural Foundation ends in 2011 now the WCF is searching for new partners so that it's commitment to World film can continue the world Cinema fund helps to finance up to 10 films a year pretty"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 11:52](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hxTMI4_rGg&t=712s)

### Example 5
> "brainchild of balana director da Klick when we launched the WCF 5 years ago there was need to help in countries where there was no fully developed film industry where there was very little funding it had always angered me that here in Europe not that we have too much money for making films but we could share some of"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 8:23](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hxTMI4_rGg&t=503s)

### Example 6
> "East from Turkish family dramas to portraits of women in Mali the WCF has so far helped support production and distribution for some 70 films Sonia hinen is the wcf's project manager she helps select the films the stories we're looking for are special ones sometimes we feel a bit like Pearl divers these are stories that"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 9:04](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hxTMI4_rGg&t=544s)

### Example 7
> "just don't accept the argument well you say you've never attempted or your organization says it's never attempted to roll back the rights gained by the lgbt community the wcf never has never will advocate for any policy that brings harm to innocent individuals but one of your leading lights in africa to raise okafor former wcf person of the year has been key in trying to roll back lgbt"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 7:07](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xp0gDmPjvRc&t=427s)

### Example 8
> "the world what a great country russia was you happy that you become a fully-fledged pr agency for the kremlin actually uh i was very unhappy for personal wcf reasons about the eu the uh incursion the invasion the annexation of of the crimea"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 14:29](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xp0gDmPjvRc&t=869s)

### Example 9
> "and it's very dangerous it's nice to know that the world Cinema fund respects um cultures but the existence of the world Cinema Fund in the Philippines is very rare not a lot of people know about it many WCF backed films have been International Prize winners or shown in KH or Venice but a claim at festivals is one thing and Commercial Success is"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 10:24](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hxTMI4_rGg&t=624s)

### Example 10
> "films I'd like to say we do this only for Arts sake and only because the directors are so great and only because we want to support them but of course it's not just that everyone hopes that thanks to the WCF they'll be involved in that unique Jewel that comes from somewhere no one's ever heard of and have a huge"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 10:58](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hxTMI4_rGg&t=658s)


## Related Words & Synonyms

- **Nearby Vocabulary**: [wca](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/wca), [wcc](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/wcc), [wcd](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/wcd), [wcl](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/wcl), [wcm](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/wcm), [wcr](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/wcr), [wcs](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/wcs), [wcgw](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/wcgw)

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce "wcf" correctly?
"wcf" is pronounced `/wkf/`. Syllable breakdown: **wcf**.

### What does "wcf" mean in context?
Initialism of women and children first (“a social norm in rescuing people from shipwrecks”).

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