persona grata
A person who is welcome or acceptableA person who is welcome or acceptable.
» He became a persona non grata within the group.
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1 sensesA person who is welcome or acceptable.
a diplomat who is acceptable to the government to which they are sent
Examples
4 sentencesHe became a persona non grata within the group.
You are persona non grata.
Ever since he skipped out on his bill, he's been persona non grata around here.
Tom has been declared persona non grata in Hungary.
Origin
From Latin persōna grāta.From Latin persōna grāta.
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Forms
plural: personae gratae| Singular | persona grata |
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irregular · Lesson
Antonyms
1 antonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.