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noun, feminine

volte-face

/vɔl.t(ə).fas/

noun, feminine/vɔl.t(ə).fas/plural: volte-face

U-turn; about face (act of turning round 180 degrees); U-turn; volte-face

Calque of Italian volta-faccia m, itself from voltare (“to turn”) + faccia f (“face”).