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personae non gratae

UK/pəˈsəʊniː nɒn ˈɡɹɑːtiː/

personae non gratae is the plural of persona non grata.

Meaning of persona non grata

Noun

persona non grata (plural personae non gratae or (proscribed) personas non grata)

  1. 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

Forms of personae non gratae

alternative proscribedpersonas non grata

Questions about personae non gratae

What is personae non gratae the plural of?
Personae non gratae is the plural of persona non grata.
How do you pronounce personae non gratae?
Personae non gratae is pronounced /pəˈsəʊniː nɒn ˈɡɹɑːtiː/ (UK).

Words near personae non gratae in the dictionary

  1. personable
  2. personableness
  3. personably
  4. personae
  5. personae gratae
  6. personae non gratae
  7. personage
  8. personages
  9. personal
  10. personal ad
  11. personal ads

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Adapted from Wiktionary: personae non gratae (page history and authors); persona non grata (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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