Meanings
nounpersona non grata (plural personae non gratae or (proscribed) personas non grata)
plural personae non gratae · plural proscribed personas non grata
- A person who is not welcome, especially a diplomat in a foreign country.
"Calls to set down only" sounds more exciting. What station or train staff has the specific duty of repelling would-be boarders? Are the occupants of the train of such exalted main-line status that suburban interlopers are personae non gratae?
1956 April, K. H. Rudolph, “Fun with "Bradshaw"”, in Railway Magazine, page 253
Synonyms & antonyms
Opposite
nouna person who for some reason is not wanted or welcome
Similar
unwelcome person
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From Latin persōna (“person”) + nōn (“not”) + grāta (from grātus (“acceptable”)).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans persona non grata
- persona non grataa person who is not welcome
Arabic شَخْص غَيْر مَرْغُوب فِيهِ
- شَخْص غَيْر مَرْغُوب فِيهِ (šaḵṣ ḡayr marḡūb fīhi)a person who is not welcome
Bengali ব্যক্তি অ আস্থাভাজন
- ব্যক্তি অ আস্থাভাজন (bêkti o asthabhajon)a person who is not welcome
Bulgarian персона нон грата
- персона нон гратаa person who is not welcome
Catalan persona non grata
- persona non grataa person who is not welcome
Chinese Mandarin 不受歡迎的人 /不受欢迎的人
- 不受歡迎的人 /不受欢迎的人 (bù shòu huānyíng de rén)a person who is not welcome
Czech persona non grata
- persona non grataa person who is not welcome
Danish persona non grata
- persona non grataa person who is not welcome
Dutch persona non grata
- persona non grataa person who is not welcome
Esperanto persono non plaĉa
- persono non plaĉaa person who is not welcome
Estonian persona non grata
- persona non grataa person who is not welcome
Finnish ei-toivottu henkilö, persona non grata
- ei-toivottu henkilöa person who is not welcome
- persona non grataa person who is not welcome
French persona non grata
- persona non grataa person who is not welcome
German Persona non grata
- Persona non grataa person who is not welcome
Greek ανεπιθύμητο πρόσωπο, πρόσωπο όχι ευπρόσδεκτο
- ανεπιθύμητο πρόσωπο (anepithýmito prósopo)a person who is not welcome
- πρόσωπο όχι ευπρόσδεκτο (prósopo óchi efprósdekto)a person who is not welcome
Hebrew אִישִׁיּוּת לֹא רְצוּיָה
- אִישִׁיּוּת לֹא רְצוּיָה (ishiyut lo retzuya)a person who is not welcome
Hindi अवांछित व्यति
- अवांछित व्यति (avāñchit vyati)a person who is not welcome
Hungarian persona non grata, nemkívánatos személy
- persona non grataa person who is not welcome
- nemkívánatos személya person who is not welcome
Icelandic persónu non grata
- persónu non grataa person who is not welcome
Indonesian persona non grata, persona nongrata
- persona non grataa person who is not welcome
- persona nongrataa person who is not welcome
Irish persona neamh grata
- persona neamh grataa person who is not welcome
Italian persona non grata
- persona non grataa person who is not welcome
Japanese ペルソナ・ノン・グラータ
- ペルソナ・ノン・グラータ (perusona-non-gurāta)a person who is not welcome
Korean 페르소나 논 그라타
- 페르소나 논 그라타 (pereusona non geurata)a person who is not welcome
Latin persona non grata
- persona non grataa person who is not welcome
Latvian persona non grata
- persona non grataa person who is not welcome
Lithuanian persona non grata
- persona non grataa person who is not welcome
Norwegian Bokmål persona non grata
- persona non grataa person who is not welcome
Persian شَخصِ غِیرِ قَابِلِ قَبول
- شَخصِ غِیرِ قَابِلِ قَبول (shakhṣ-e gheyr-e qābel-e qabūl)a person who is not welcome
Polish persona non grata
- persona non grataa person who is not welcome
Portuguese persona non grata
- persona non grataa person who is not welcome
Romanian persoană neacceptată
- persoană neacceptatăa person who is not welcome
Russian персо́на нон гра́та, нежела́тельное лицо́
- персо́на нон гра́та (persóna non gráta)a person who is not welcome
- нежела́тельное лицо́ (neželátelʹnoje licó)a person who is not welcome
Slovak persona non grata
- persona non grataa person who is not welcome
Spanish persona non grata
- persona non grataa person who is not welcome
Swedish persona non grata, varg i veum
- persona non grataa person who is not welcome
- varg i veuma person who is not welcome
Thai บุคคลไม่พึงปรารถนา
- บุคคลไม่พึงปรารถนา (bùk-kon-mâi-pʉng-bpràat-tà-nǎa)a person who is not welcome
Turkish istenmeyen kişi, persona non grata
- istenmeyen kişia person who is not welcome
- persona non grataa person who is not welcome
Ukrainian персо́на нон гра́та, персона нон ґрата
- персо́на нон гра́та (persóna non hráta)a person who is not welcome
- персона нон ґратаa person who is not welcome
Vietnamese nhân vật không được hoan nghênh, người bị cấm nhập cảnh
- nhân vật không được hoan nghênha person who is not welcome
- người bị cấm nhập cảnha person who is not welcome
Yiddish פּערסאָנאַ ניט גראַטאַ
- פּערסאָנאַ ניט גראַטאַa person who is not welcome
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