English Explanatory Dictionary

grail

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The Holy Grail.
  2. Something eagerly sought or quested for.
noun
  1. A book of offices in the Roman Catholic Church; a gradual.
noun
  1. Small particles of earth; gravel.
noun
  1. One of the small feathers of a hawk.
name
  1. Initialism of Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory.

Pronunciation

/ɡɹeɪl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-grail.wav

Word forms

grail grails

Etymology

From Middle English graal, greal, from Old French graal, greal (“cup”), from Medieval Latin gradalis, possibly corrupted over time from Latin crater (“bowl”).

Related words

Sangrail

Derived words

engrail
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