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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)
- 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)
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- 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)
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