persona non grata

From Latin persōna (“person”) + nōn (“not”) + grāta (from grātus (“acceptable”)).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pə(ɹ)ˈsəʊnə nɒn ˈɡɹɑːtə/

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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.
   • 1956 April, K. H. Rudolph, “Fun with "Bradshaw"”, in Railway Magazine, page 253:

     "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?

• persona grata

• gatecrasher, interloper, peeping tom, encroacher, backseat driver, kibitzer, meddler, nosy parker, marplot, buttinsky, busybody

Unadapted borrowing from Latin persōna nōn grāta.

• IPA^(key): [pɛrsona non ɡrata]

persona non grata f (indeclinable)

1. (diplomacy, literary) persona non grata

• “persona non grata”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

By surface analysis, persōna (“person”) +‎ nōn (“not”) +‎ grāta (“acceptable”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [pɛrˈsoː.na ˈnoːn ˈɡraː.ta]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [perˈsɔː.na ˈnɔn ˈɡraː.t̪a]

persōna nōn grāta f (genitive persōnae nōn grātae); first declension

1. (This entry is a descendant hub.) person not acceptable

First-declension noun with an indeclinable portion with a first-declension noun.

Unadapted borrowing from Latin persōna nōn grāta.

• IPA^(key): /pɛrˈsɔ.na ˈnɔn ˈɡra.ta/
• Syllabification: per‧so‧na non gra‧ta

persona non grata f (indeclinable)

1. (diplomacy, literary) persona non grata

   Synonym: intruz

   Antonym: persona grata

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

• pessoa non grata, pessoa não grata

Unadapted borrowing from Latin persōna nōn grāta.

persóna nón gráta f (plural personae non gratae or (proscribed) personas non gratas)

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

Unadapted borrowing from Latin persōna nōn grāta.

• IPA^(key): [persoːna noːn ɡraːta]

persóna nón gráta f (indeclinable)

1. (diplomacy, literary) persona non grata

• “persona non grata”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Unadapted borrowing from Latin persōna nōn grāta.

• IPA^(key): /pɛrsóːna nɔn ɡráːta/

persọ̑na non grȃta f

1. (diplomacy, literary) persona non grata

• “persona non grata”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

• IPA^(key): /peɾˌsona ˌnon ˈɡɾata/ [peɾˌso.na ˌnõŋ ˈɡɾa.t̪a]
• Syllabification: per‧so‧na non gra‧ta

persona non grata f (plural personas non grata)

1. persona non grata

• “persona non grata”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024