persona non grata

persona non grata

See also: Persona non grata

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)

1. A person who is not welcome, especially a diplomat in a foreign country.

Usage notes

Sometimes incorrectly pluralized as personas non grata.

Antonyms

• persona grata

Translations

a person who is not welcome

Afrikaans: persona non grata Albanian: person i padëshirueshëm Arabic: شخص غير مرغوب فيه‎ 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 (bẏkti ô asthabhajônô) 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 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: אישיות בלתי רצוי‎ 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 (persona non grata), непожелна личност f (nepoželna ličnost) Norwegian: Bokmål: persona non grata Persian: شخص غیر قابل قبول‎ 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: บุคคลห้าม 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

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Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin persōna nōn grāta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛrˈsɔ.na nɔn ˈɡra.ta/
• Rhymes: -ata

Noun

persona non grata f (indeclinable)

1. (diplomacy, literary) persona non grata

   Synonym: intruz

   Antonym: persona grata

Further reading

• persona non grata in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• persona non grata in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• pessoa non grata, pessoa não grata

Noun

persona non grata f (plural personae non gratae or personas non gratas)

1. persona non grata (a person who is not welcome)