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grail¹

  • /ɡɹeɪl/

Rhymes with -eɪl

Where it comes from

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

noun grails

  1. The Holy Grail. The quest for the Grail is not archeology. It's a race against evil. If it is captured by the Nazis, the armies of darkness will march all over the face of the earth. Do you understand me?
  2. Something eagerly sought or quested for. Becoming an astronaut was his grail.

grail²

  • /ɡɹeɪl/

Rhymes with -eɪl

Where it comes from

From Middle English grayel, from Old French grael, ultimately from Latin graduale. Doublet of gradual.

noun grails

  1. A book of offices in the Roman Catholic Church; a gradual. antiphonals, missals, grails, processionals, etc.

grail³

  • /ɡɹeɪl/

Rhymes with -eɪl

Where it comes from

Uncertain; perhaps a reduced form of gravel.

noun

  1. poetic, uncountable Small particles of earth; gravel. Hereof this gentle knight vnweeting was, / And lying downe vpon the sandie graile, / Drunke of the streame, as cleare as cristall glas [...].

grail⁴

  • /ɡɹeɪl/

Rhymes with -eɪl

Where it comes from

Compare Old French graite slender.

noun grails

  1. One of the small feathers of a hawk.

GRAIL⁵

proper noun

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: holy grail, sangraal, conquer, myth, lancelot, glory, garland, prize, heavenly body, crowning achievement, gold dust, crown jewel, golden thread, gloriosity, splendor, trophy

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@misc{grail_2026,
  title = {grail},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/grail},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}