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PRONUNCIATION OF PERSONA GRATA

persona grata  [pɜːˈsəʊnə ˈɡrɑːtə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PERSONA GRATA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Persona grata is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PERSONA GRATA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

persona grata

Persona non grata

In diplomacy, the term persona non grata, literally meaning "an unwelcome person," refers to a foreign person whose entering or remaining in a particular country is prohibited by that country's government. It is the most serious form of censure which one country can apply to foreign diplomats, who are otherwise protected by diplomatic immunity from arrest and other normal kinds of prosecution.

Definition of persona grata in the English dictionary

The definition of persona grata in the dictionary is an acceptable person, esp a diplomat acceptable to the government of the country to which he or she is sent.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PERSONA GRATA


aspirata
ˌæspɪˈrɑːtə
braata
ˈbrɑːtə
carta
ˈkɑːtə
Carter
ˈkɑːtə
charter
ˈtʃɑːtə
desiderata
dɪˌzɪdəˈrɑːtə
errata
ɪˈrɑːtə
inamorata
ɪnˌæməˈrɑːtə
Jakarta
dʒəˈkɑːtə
Kolkata
ˈkolkɑːtə
Mahratta
məˈrɑːtə
Maratha
məˈrɑːtə
paratha
pəˈrɑːtə
rata
ˈrɑːtə
sonata
səˈnɑːtə
starter
ˈstɑːtə
strata
ˈstrɑːtə
substrata
ˈsʌbˌstrɑːtə
superstrata
ˌsuːpəˈstrɑːtə
understrata
ˈʌndəˌstrɑːtə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PERSONA GRATA

persona
persona non grata
personable
personableness
personably
personae
personae gratae
personae non gratae
personage
personal
personal accident insurance
personal ad
personal allowance
personal assistant
personal belongings
personal best
personal bodyguard
personal call
personal care
personal chair

WORDS THAT END LIKE PERSONA GRATA

anata
automata
bachata
Basilicata
batata
big data
census data
data
kata
La Plata
Mahabharata
Mar del Plata
metadata
Mount Sorata
non grata
persona non grata
Plata
pro rata
Sorata
Zapata

Synonyms and antonyms of persona grata in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «persona grata» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PERSONA GRATA

Find out the translation of persona grata to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of persona grata from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «persona grata» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

不受欢迎人物
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

persona grata
570 millions of speakers

English

persona grata
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

व्यक्तित्व अवांछित
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

شخصية مرغوب فيه
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

персона Грата
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

persona grata
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ব্যক্তিত্ব গ্রটা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

persona grata
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Persona grata
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

persona grata
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ペルソナセントリウムユニークステイ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

인물 기피
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Persona grata
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

persona grata
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஆளு கிரேட்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

व्यक्तिमत्व grata
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

istenen kişi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

persona grata
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

persona grata
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Персона Грата
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

persona grata
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

persona grata
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

persona grata
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

persona grata
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

persona grata
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of persona grata

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PERSONA GRATA»

The term «persona grata» is regularly used and occupies the 88.431 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PERSONA GRATA» OVER TIME

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PERSONA GRATA»

Discover the use of persona grata in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to persona grata and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Columbia Guide to Standard American English
Both senses are Standard, but context will have to make clear which is to be understood by the reader. persona grata See PERSONA NON GRATA. personal (adj.), personnel (n., adj.) Personal is often criticized as being redundant: That's my ...
Kenneth G. Wilson, 1993
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From Bonbon to Cha-cha: Oxford Dictionary of Foreign Words ...
Architecture pergola j persona grata 1 A row of columns surrounding a space within a building such as a court or internal garden, or edging a veranda or porch . 2 A space such as a court or porch that is surrounded or edged by a peristyle.
Andrew Delahunty, 2008
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German/English Dictionary of Idioms
persona grata (sein)jur Pol - (to be) persona grata . Klar, als Dlpi0mat/Botschafter /Gesandter/... muß er von dem Land, in dem er sein eigenes Land vertritt, offiziell als persona grata anerkannt werden; sonst kann er für den Posten nicht ...
Hans Schemann, 2013
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Dictionnaire de Politique Et D`économie:
Die ~ erfolgt nach Schluß der Beratung und darf keine Ausführungen zum Beratungsgegenstand einschließen. — E: personal remark. F: remarque personne/ie. persona grata (lat.) Terme diplomatique. Désigne un représentant diplomatique ...
Harry Back, Günter Marquard, 1967
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Garner's Modern American Usage
The antonym ofpersona non grata is the comparatively rare persona grata (= a person who is welcome). While the negative form occurs in both AmE and BrE, the positive form (infrequent as it is) appears far more often in BrE than in AmE.
Bryan Garner, 2009
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Chabers 21st Century Dictionary
15c: from Latin personagium, from persona person. persona grata I — 'grcuta/ { personae gratae I — ti:/ ) o- noun a person who is acceptable, liked or favoured, especially one who is diplomatically acceptable to a foreign government. Compare ...
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Concepts of Person in Religion and Thought
The Latin persona as a ritual mask can represent the good as well as the bad person or, persona grata - persona non grata. The present casestudy deals with the former, in the shape of 4th century Bishop Nicholas of Myra, in Asia Minor, who ...
Hans G. Kippenberg, Yme B. Kuiper, Andy F. Sanders, 1990
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Faux Pas?: A No-Nonsense Guide to Words and Phrases from ...
persow-na grah-ta (Latin) 'acceptable person': The Italian president Giancarlo Dondi called Pugh a 'persona grata' who had played a crucial part in Italy's incorporation into the Six Nations, for which 'we are eternally grateful'. (Guardian)  ...
Bloomsbury Publishing, 2009
9
Upgrading and Repairing Networks
From this prompt you can enter commands specific to this context, which are AddAdd—Use to add a filter, add a name to the WINS database, add a replication partner, add a pgserver (Persona Grata servers), add a pngserver (Persona Non  ...
Scott Soper, Scott M. Mueller, Mark Edward Soper, 2006
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Merriam-Webster's Rhyming Dictionary
... Niigata, non grata, pinata, pro rata, reata, riata, regatta, sonata, Sorata, toccata caponata, Hirakata, Mar del Plata, serenata, terracotta, Uspallata Basilicata, desiderata, inamorata, missa cantata, persona grata, res judicata persona non grata, ...
‎2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PERSONA GRATA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term persona grata is used in the context of the following news items.
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13:40 Indian Spice Mares' Maiden Hurdle2m 3f 207y
Housewives Choice 25-1 (8-11) Held up, ridden over 2f out, never a factor, 8th of 12, 14l behind Persona Grata (8-11) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f ... «SkySports, Jul 15»
2
Ryan Moore bags a double as Explain lands gamble
Ed Walker has had three winners from seven runners at Windsor so far in 2015 and his Persona Grata (5-2 joint-favourite) improved his strike rate even more by ... «Slough and Windsor Observer, Jul 15»
3
Walker pleased with Grata run
Trainer Ed Walker believes the best is yet to come from Persona Grata after the four-year-old was nailed in the closing stages in the Prix de la ... «Racinguk.com - pure racing entertainment, Jul 15»
4
Overcoming Japan's Security Skeptics at Home
Yet while he struggles at home, Mr. Abe is suddenly persona grata with his two most important neighbors, China's Xi Jinping and South Korea's ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
5
Ed Walker bemused by Mutatis Mutandis antics
Walker believes the best is yet to come from Persona Grata after the four-year-old was nailed in the closing stages in the Prix de la Pepiniere at ... «SkySports, Jul 15»
6
France: Epicuris and War clash in Prix Eugene Adam
Persona Grata grabbed some prize-money when second to Dream Child on the Deauville all-weather late last month. Trainer Ed Walker said: ... «Racing Post Bloodstock, Jul 15»
7
Richard Hughes has high hopes at Windsor tonight
The selection has been raised 2lb for chasing home Ed Walker's well-backed Persona Grata, but was value for much more with the filly ... «Western Morning News, Jun 15»
8
Racing Results
2.00 (1m 1f) 1 Balty Boys (R Hughes, 8/1); 2 Halation (11/2); 3 Educate (11/2). Also ran: Top Tug 9/2 fav. 10 ran. NR: Persona Grata, Rebellious ... «The Sunday Times, May 15»
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Weekend horse racing statistics
Newmarket: 2.00 Persona Grata(*), 2.30 Goldream, Stepper Point, Watchable. Thirsk: 2.45 Queen Of Skies, 4.00 Flash City, 4.35 Don't Call Me, ... «Western Daily Press, May 15»
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J:Jim Crowley
Persona Grata 8-11fav (9-0) Held up in rear but in touch, smooth headway over 2f out, led over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on same ... «Sportinglife.com, Apr 15»

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