graal
See also: Graal
English
Noun
graal (plural graals)
- Obsolete form of grail.
- 1824, The New Monthly Magazine (page 486)
- A great admirer of antiquities and graals.
- 1824, The New Monthly Magazine (page 486)
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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)
French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Medieval Latin gradālis (“dish”), of unknown origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡʁal/
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/
Middle English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French graal, greal, from Medieval Latin gradālis (“dish”), of unknown origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡraˈaːl/, /ɡrɛˈaːl/, /ɡraːl/
Related terms
Descendants
- English: grail
Old French
Etymology
Medieval Latin gradālis (“dish”), of unknown origin.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ɡɾaˈaw/ [ɡɾaˈaʊ̯]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɡɾɐˈal/ [ɡɾɐˈaɫ], /ɡɾaˈal/ [ɡɾaˈaɫ]
- Rhymes: -al, -aw
- Hyphenation: gra‧al
Derived terms
References
- “graal” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
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