persona non grata

See also Persona non grata

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

Latin persona (“person”) + non (“not”) + grata (from gratus (“acceptable”)).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /pə(ɹ)ˈsəʊnə nɒn ˈɡɹɑːtə/, X-SAMPA: /p@(r\)"s@Un@ nQn "gr\A:t@/

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.

Translations

a person who is not welcome

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不受歡迎人物 (cmn), 不受欢迎人物 (cmn) (bù shòu huānyíng rénwù)

• German: Persona non grata (de) f
• Greek: ανεπιθύμητο πρόσωπο (el) (anepithýmito prósopo) n
• Japanese: ペルソナ・ノン・グラータ (ja) (perusona-non-gurāta)

• Korean: 페르소나 논 그라타 (ko) (pereusona non geurata)
• Russian: персона нон грата (ru) (persóna non gráta) f, нежелательное лицо (ru) (neželátel’noje licó) n
• Swedish: persona non grata (sv)

Antonyms

• persona grata