persona non grata
UK/pə(ɹ)ˈsəʊnə nɒn ˈɡɹɑːtə/
persona non grata noun: a person who is not welcome, especially a diplomat in a foreign country.
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.
- "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
persona non grata meaning in Hindi, Bengali, Malayalam and Arabic
persona non grata in Hindi
- a person who is not welcome
- अवांछित व्यति avāñchit vyati
persona non grata in Bengali
- a person who is not welcome
- ব্যক্তি অ আস্থাভাজন bêkti o asthabhajon
persona non grata in Malayalam
- അനഭിമതൻ, അനഭിമത
persona non grata in Arabic
- a person who is not welcome
- شَخْص غَيْر مَرْغُوب فِيهِ šaḵṣ ḡayr marḡūb fīhi
More languagesFewer languages
- persona non grata in Indonesian
- persona non grata, persona nongrata
- persona non grata in Persian
- شَخصِ غِیرِ قَابِلِ قَبول shakhṣ-e gheyr-e qābel-e qabūl
- persona non grata in Thai
- บุคคลไม่พึงปรารถนา bùk-kon-mâi-pʉng-bpràat-tà-nǎa
- persona non grata in Vietnamese
- nhân vật không được hoan nghênh, người bị cấm nhập cảnh
Antonyms of persona non grata
Forms of persona non grata
| plural | personae non gratae |
|---|---|
| plural proscribed | personas non grata |
Origin of persona non grata
From Latin persōna (“person”) + nōn (“not”) + grāta (from grātus (“acceptable”)).
Questions about persona non grata
- What does persona non grata mean?
- Persona non grata means a person who is not welcome, especially a diplomat in a foreign country.
- What is persona non grata in Hindi?
- Persona non grata in Hindi is अवांछित व्यति (avāñchit vyati). See Persona non grata meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is persona non grata?
- Persona non grata is a noun.
- How do you pronounce persona non grata?
- Persona non grata is pronounced /pə(ɹ)ˈsəʊnə nɒn ˈɡɹɑːtə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of persona non grata?
- The plural of persona non grata is personae non gratae.
Words near persona non grata in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: persona non grata (page history and authors); persona non grata (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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