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Holy Grail en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From Middle English Holy Grayle. (web page layout): So called because it was traditionally difficult to achieve with the available markup.

Meanings

1. (figuratively) Anything that is highly sought-after but attained only through a difficult endeavor.
   • Pushing fifty, Alphonse was still afraid to approach women. Still searching for his holy grail, too: a 1965 yellow Mustang hardtop with 289-cubic-inch engine, four-barrel carburetor, and solid-lifter valve train. He belonged to something called the Yellow Mustang Registry. Checked eBay five or six times a day. Phoenician Yellow, his dream car had to be, not the paler Springtime Yellow, also available back in '65. 2008, Wally Lamb, The Hour I First Believed, Ch.3, at p.65
   • Nanotechnology is the holy grail of medicine.

Forms

Relateds

Sangrail

Translations (8)

pl Święty Graal (distant or difficult, sought-after goal) · es santo grial (distant or difficult, sought-after goal) · el άγιο δισκοπότηρο (distant or difficult, sought-after goal) · nl heilige graal (distant or difficult, sought-after goal) · fi graalin malja (distant or difficult, sought-after goal) · it Santo Graal (distant or difficult, sought-after goal) · ru золотое руно n священный Грааль (distant or difficult, sought-after goal) · pt santo graal (distant or difficult, sought-after goal)

Holy Grail en · PROPN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From Middle English Holy Grayle. (web page layout): So called because it was traditionally difficult to achieve with the available markup.

Meanings

1. (qualifier:Arthurian legend) An artifact in Arthurian mythology, being in later versions the cup used by Christ at the Last Supper and in which some of his blood was caught during the crucifixion.
2. (Internet, informal) A web page layout with fixed-width columns to the left and right, and a central area that fills the remaining space.

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Translations (43)

sv den heliga gral (artifact in Arthurian mythology) · bg Свещен Граал (artifact in Arthurian mythology) · gl Graal (artifact in Arthurian mythology) · cy Greal sanctaidd (artifact in Arthurian mythology) · fr Graal (artifact in Arthurian mythology) · sh Свети Здела (artifact in Arthurian mythology) · lo ຈອກສັກສິດ (artifact in Arthurian mythology) · el Άγιο Ποτήριο (artifact in Arthurian mythology) · nl Heilige Graal (artifact in Arthurian mythology) · cs Svatý grál (artifact in Arthurian mythology) · it Santo Graal (artifact in Arthurian mythology) · gv Grail Casherick (artifact in Arthurian mythology) · gl Santo Graal (artifact in Arthurian mythology) · cmn 聖杯 /圣杯 (artifact in Arthurian mythology) · fi Graalin malja (artifact in Arthurian mythology) · la Gradalis Sanctus (artifact in Arthurian mythology) · eo Sankta gralo (artifact in Arthurian mythology) · br Graal (artifact in Arthurian mythology) · ko 성배 (artifact in Arthurian mythology) · el Άγιο Δισκοπότηρο (artifact in Arthurian mythology) · kw Gral (artifact in Arthurian mythology) · fr Saint-Graal (artifact in Arthurian mythology) · tr Mukaddes Kâse (artifact in Arthurian mythology) · sh Свети Грал (artifact in Arthurian mythology) · no hellige gral (artifact in Arthurian mythology) · ja 聖杯 (artifact in Arthurian mythology) · hu Szent Grál (artifact in Arthurian mythology) · th จอกศักดิ์สิทธิ์ (artifact in Arthurian mythology) · sh Sveti Gral (artifact in Arthurian mythology) · enm Seint Graal (artifact in Arthurian mythology) · pl Święty Graal (artifact in Arthurian mythology) · pt Santo Graal (artifact in Arthurian mythology) · de Heiliger Gral (artifact in Arthurian mythology) · tr Kutsal Kâse (artifact in Arthurian mythology) · br Graal Santel (artifact in Arthurian mythology) · es Santo Grial (artifact in Arthurian mythology) · frm Saint Graal (artifact in Arthurian mythology) · sh Sveti Zdela (artifact in Arthurian mythology) · tl Banal na Kopita (artifact in Arthurian mythology) · ca Sant Greal (artifact in Arthurian mythology) · pl Graal (artifact in Arthurian mythology) · ru Свято́й Грааль (artifact in Arthurian mythology) · ga An Soitheach Naofa (artifact in Arthurian mythology)