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
Aithan-Biblical Greek
Anil-Hinduism, Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Punjabi, Gujarati, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Nep
Manuelamah-noo-E-lah (German), mah-NWE-lah (Italian)Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, German, Italian
Dorofey-Russian
Pavlos-Greek
Chrysanthos-Greek, Ancient Greek