grail

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡɹeɪl/ Rhymes: -eɪl === Etymology 1 === From Middle English graal, greal, from Old French graal, greal (“cup”), from Medieval Latin gradalis, possibly corrupted over time from Latin crater (“bowl”). ==== Noun ==== grail (plural grails) The Holy Grail. Something eagerly sought or quested for. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== Sangrail === Etymology 2 === From Middle English grayel, from Old French grael, ultimately from Latin graduale. Doublet of gradual. ==== Noun ==== grail (plural grails) A book of offices in the Roman Catholic Church; a gradual. === Etymology 3 === Uncertain; perhaps a reduced form of gravel. ==== Noun ==== grail (uncountable) (poetic) Small particles of earth; gravel. === Etymology 4 === Compare Old French graite slender. ==== Noun ==== grail (plural grails) One of the small feathers of a hawk. === Anagrams === argil, glair