volte-face



volte-face

A complete change of opinion or belief. The phrase comes from the Italian term voltafaccia. Everyone was surprised when the candidate made a complete volte-face on her stance on taxes.

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Armani[a:'ma:ni]
Manus-Irish
Sam (1)SAMEnglish
SuviSOO-veeFinnish
Zahra-Arabic, Persian
AliceAL-is (English), a-LEES (French), ah-LEE-che (Italian)English, French, Portuguese, Italian