"Holy Grail" meaning in English

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Proper name

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Holy Grail.wav [US] Forms: the Holy Grail [canonical], Holy Grails [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English Holy Grayle. (web page layout): So called because it was traditionally difficult to achieve with the available markup. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|Holy Grayle}} Middle English Holy Grayle, {{sense|web page layout}} (web page layout): Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s|def=1|head=Holy Grail}} the Holy Grail (plural Holy Grails)
  1. (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. Translations (artifact in Arthurian mythology): Graal (Breton), Graal Santel (Breton), Свещен Граал (Svešten Graal) (Bulgarian), Sant Greal [masculine] (Catalan), 聖杯 /圣杯 (shèngbēi) (Chinese Mandarin), Gral [masculine] (Cornish), Svatý grál [masculine] (Czech), Heilige Graal [masculine] (Dutch), Sankta gralo (Esperanto), Graalin malja (Finnish), Graal [masculine] (French), Saint-Graal [masculine] (French), Graal [masculine] (Galician), Santo Graal [masculine] (Galician), Heiliger Gral [masculine] (German), Άγιο Δισκοπότηρο (Ágio Diskopótiro) [neuter] (Greek), Άγιο Ποτήριο (Ágio Potírio) [neuter] (Greek), Szent Grál (Hungarian), An Soitheach Naofa [masculine] (Irish), Santo Graal [masculine] (Italian), 聖杯 (Seihai) (alt: せいはい) (Japanese), 성배 (Seongbae) (alt: 聖杯) (Korean), ຈອກສັກສິດ (chǭk sak sit) (Lao), Gradalis Sanctus [masculine] (Latin), Grail Casherick (Manx), Seint Graal (Middle English), Saint Graal [masculine] (Middle French), hellige gral (Norwegian), Graal [inanimate, masculine] (Polish), Święty Graal [inanimate, masculine] (Polish), Santo Graal [masculine] (Portuguese), Свято́й Грааль (Svjatój Graalʹ) [masculine] (Russian), Свети Грал [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), Свети Здела [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Sveti Gral [Latin] (Serbo-Croatian), Sveti Zdela [Latin, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Santo Grial [masculine] (Spanish), den heliga gral [common-gender] (Swedish), Banal na Kopita (Tagalog), จอกศักดิ์สิทธิ์ (Thai), Kutsal Kâse (Turkish), Mukaddes Kâse (Turkish), Greal sanctaidd [masculine] (Welsh)
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  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. Tags: Internet, informal
    Sense id: en-Holy_Grail-en-name-CyWfvyLH Categories (other): Internet

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Holy Grail.wav [US] Forms: Holy Grails [plural], holy grail [alternative]
Etymology: From Middle English Holy Grayle. (web page layout): So called because it was traditionally difficult to achieve with the available markup. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|Holy Grayle}} Middle English Holy Grayle, {{sense|web page layout}} (web page layout): Head templates: {{en-noun|head=Holy Grail}} Holy Grail (plural Holy Grails)
  1. (figuratively) Anything that is highly sought-after but attained only through a difficult endeavor. Tags: figuratively Related terms: Sangrail Translations (distant or difficult, sought-after goal): heilige graal [masculine] (Dutch), graalin malja (Finnish), άγιο δισκοπότηρο (ágio diskopótiro) [neuter] (Greek), Santo Graal [masculine] (Italian), Święty Graal [inanimate, masculine] (Polish), santo graal [masculine] (Portuguese), золотое руно n священный Грааль (zolotoje runo) [idiomatic, masculine] (Russian), santo grial (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-Holy_Grail-en-noun-WCKEu96U

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "Banal na Kopita"
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      "sense": "distant or difficult, sought-after goal",
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      "word": "graalin malja"
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