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English
Etymology
From Latin persōna ( “ person ” ) + nōn ( “ not ” ) + grāta (from grātus ( “ acceptable ” ) ).
Pronunciation
( UK ) IPA (key ) : /pə(ɹ)ˈsəʊnə nɒn ˈɡɹɑːtə/
Noun
persona non grata (plural personae non gratae or ( proscribed ) personas non grata )
A person who is not welcome , especially a diplomat in a foreign country .
Antonyms
Translations
a person who is not welcome
Afrikaans: persona non grata
Albanian: person i padëshirueshëm
Arabic: شَخْص غَيْر مَرْغُوب فِيهِ ( šaḵṣ ḡayr marḡūb fīhi )
Armenian: պերսոնա նոն գրատա (hy) ( persona non grata )
Azerbaijani: persona non grata , arzuolunmaz şəxs
Belarusian: персона нон грата ( pjersóna non hrata )
Bengali: ব্যক্তি অ আস্থাভাজন ( bêkti o asthabhajon )
Bulgarian: персона нон грата ( persona non grata )
Catalan: persona non grata
Chinese:
Mandarin: 不受歡迎的人 / 不受欢迎的人 (zh) ( bù shòu huānyíng de rén )
Czech: persona non grata
Danish: persona non grata (da)
Dutch: persona non grata (nl)
Esperanto: persono non plaĉa
Estonian: persona non grata (et)
Finnish: ei-toivottu henkilö , persona non grata (fi)
French: persona non grata (fr)
Georgian: პერსონა ნონ გრატა ( ṗersona non graṭa )
German: Persona non grata (de) f
Greek: ανεπιθύμητο πρόσωπο n ( anepithýmito prósopo ) , πρόσωπο όχι ευπρόσδεκτο ( prósopo óchi efprósdekto )
Hebrew: אִישִׁיּוּת לֹא רְצוּיָה ( ishiyut lo retzuya )
Hindi: अवांछित व्यति ( avāñchit vyati )
Hungarian: persona non grata (hu) , nemkívánatos személy
Icelandic: persónu non grata
Indonesian: persona non grata
Irish: persona neamh grata
Italian: persona non grata
Japanese: ペルソナ・ノン・グラータ (ja) ( perusona-non-gurāta )
Korean: 페르소나 논 그라타 ( pereusona non geurata ) , 인물이 아닌 그라 ( inmuri anin geura )
Latin: persona non grata
Latvian: persona non grata
Lithuanian: persona non grata
Macedonian: персона нон грата f ( persona non grata ) , непожелна личност f ( nepoželna ličnost )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: persona non grata
Persian: شَخصِ غِیرِ قَابِلِ قَبول ( shakhṣ-e gheyr-e qābel-e qabūl )
Polish: persona non grata (pl) f
Portuguese: persona non grata f
Romanian: persoană neacceptată
Russian: персо́на нон гра́та (ru) f ( persóna non gráta ) , нежела́тельное лицо́ n ( neželátelʹnoje licó )
Serbo-Croatian: persona non grata
Slovak: persona non grata
Slovene: persona non grata
Spanish: persona non grata (es)
Swedish: persona non grata (sv) , varg i veum (sv)
Thai: บุคคลไม่พึงปรารถนา ( bùk-kon-mâi-pʉng-bpràat-tà-nǎa )
Turkish: istenmeyen kişi (tr) , persona non grata (tr)
Ukrainian: персона нон ґрата ( persona non grata )
Vietnamese: nhân vật không được hoan nghênh , người bị cấm nhập cảnh
Yiddish: פּערסאָנאַ ניט גראַטאַ ( persona nit grata )
See also
gatecrasher , interloper , peeping tom , encroacher , backseat driver , kibitzer , meddler , nosy parker , marplot , buttinsky , busybody
Czech
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Latin persōna nōn grāta .
Pronunciation
Noun
persona non grata f (indeclinable )
( diplomacy , literary ) persona non grata
Further reading
Latin
Etymology
By surface analysis , persōna ( “ person ” ) + nōn ( “ not ” ) + grāta ( “ acceptable ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
persōna nōn grāta f (genitive persōnae nōn grātae ) ; first declension
(This entry is a descendant hub .) person not acceptable
Declension
First-declension noun with an indeclinable portion with a first-declension noun.
Descendants
Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Latin persōna nōn grāta .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /pɛrˈsɔ.na ˈnɔn ˈɡra.ta/
Syllabification: per‧so‧na non gra‧ta
Noun
persona non grata f (indeclinable )
( diplomacy , literary ) persona non grata
Synonym: intruz
Antonym: persona grata
Further reading
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Latin persōna nōn grāta .
Pronunciation
Noun
persóna nón gráta f (plural personae non gratae or ( proscribed ) personas non gratas )
persona non grata ( a person who is not welcome )
Slovak
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Latin persōna nōn grāta .
Pronunciation
Noun
persóna nón gráta f (indeclinable )
( diplomacy , literary ) persona non grata
Further reading
Slovene
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Latin persōna nōn grāta .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /pɛrsóːna nɔn ɡráːta/
Noun
persọ̑na non grȃta f
( diplomacy , literary ) persona non grata
Further reading
“persona non grata ”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025