graal

graal

See also: Graal

English

Noun

graal (plural graals)

1. Obsolete form of grail.
   • 1824, The New Monthly Magazine (page 486)

     A great admirer of antiquities and graals.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for graal in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

Anagrams

• argal

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

graal m (uncountable)

1. grail

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French

Alternative forms

• Graal

Etymology

From Medieval Latin gradālis (“dish”), of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁal/

Noun

graal m (plural graux)

1. Holy Grail

Further reading

• “graal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Galician

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɾa.ˈal/

Noun

graal m (plural graais)

1. grail

Derived terms

• Santo Graal

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• greal
• (late) grayle

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French graal, greal, from Medieval Latin gradālis (“dish”), of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡraˈaːl/, /ɡrɛˈaːl/, /ɡraːl/

Proper noun

graal

1. (rare) the Holy Grail

Related terms

• Seint Graal

Descendants

• English: grail

References

• “grāl, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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Old French

Etymology

Medieval Latin gradālis (“dish”), of unknown origin.

Noun

graal m (oblique plural graaus or graax or graals, nominative singular graaus or graax or graals, nominative plural graal)

1. Holy Grail

Descendants

• → Middle English: graal, greal; grayle
  • English: grail

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Graal, Gral

Etymology

Borrowed from French graal.[1] Doublet of gral.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡɾaˈaw/ [ɡɾaˈaʊ̯]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɾɐˈal/ [ɡɾɐˈaɫ], /ɡɾaˈal/ [ɡɾaˈaɫ]

• Rhymes: -al, -aw
• Hyphenation: gra‧al

Noun

graal m (plural graais)

1. grail

   Synonym: gral

Derived terms

• Santo Graal

References

1. “graal” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.