graal
English
Noun
graal (plural graals)
- Obsolete form of grail.
- 1824, The New Monthly Magazine, page 486:
- A great admirer of antiquities and graals.
References
- “graal”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
Dutch
Etymology
From Old French graal, greal (“cup”), from Medieval Latin gradalis, possibly corrupted over time from Latin crater (“bowl”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
graal m (uncountable)
French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Medieval Latin gradālis (“dish”), of unknown origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡʁal/
Noun
graal m (plural graux)
Further reading
- “graal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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)
Derived terms
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French graal, greal, from Medieval Latin gradālis (“dish”), of unknown origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡraˈaːl/, /ɡrɛˈaːl/, /ɡraːl/
Proper noun
graal
- (rare) the Holy Grail
Related terms
Descendants
- English: grail
References
- “grāl, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Old French
Etymology
Medieval Latin gradālis (“dish”), of unknown origin.
Noun
graal oblique singular, m (oblique plural graaus or graax or graals, nominative singular graaus or graax or graals, nominative plural graal)
Descendants
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from French graal.[1] Doublet of gral.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ɡɾaˈaw/ [ɡɾaˈaʊ̯]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɡɾɐˈal/ [ɡɾɐˈaɫ], /ɡɾaˈal/ [ɡɾaˈaɫ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɡɾɐˈa.li/, /ɡɾaˈa.li/
- Rhymes: -al, -aw
- Hyphenation: gra‧al
Noun
graal m (plural graais)
Derived terms
References
- ^ “graal”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Swedish
Noun
graal c
- (glassblowing) a glass vase with two or more color layers, which are set together into a picture or ornament
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | graal | graals |
| definite | graalen | graalens | |
| plural | indefinite | graalar | graalars |
| definite | graalarna | graalarnas |