Holy Grail

holy grail English Etymology From en enm Holy Grayle. web page layout So called because it was traditionally difficult to achieve with the available markup. Pronunciation en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Holy Grail.wav US Proper noun Holy Grail s 1 en Arthurian mythology 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. en internet informal A web page layout with fixed-width columns to the left and right, and a central area that fills the remaining space. Translations artifact in Arthurian mythology Breton: br Graal, br Graal Santel Bulgarian: bg Свещен Граал Catalan: ca Sant Greal m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 聖杯 shèngbēi Cornish: kw Gral m Czech: cs Svatý grál m Dutch: nl Heilige Graal m Esperanto: eo Sankta gralo Finnish: fi Graalin malja French: fr Graal m, fr Saint-Graal m Middle French: frm Saint Graal m Galician: gl Graal m, gl Santo Graal m German: de Heiliger Gral m Greek: el Άγιο Δισκοπότηρο n, el Άγιο Ποτήριο n Hungarian: hu Szent Grál Irish: ga Soitheach Naofa m An Soitheach Naofa Italian: it Santo Graal m Japanese: ja 聖杯 せいはい, Seihai Korean: ko ^성배(聖杯) Lao: lo ຈອກສັກສິດ Latin: la Gradalis Sanctus m Manx: gv Grail Casherick Middle English: enm Seint Graal Norwegian: no hellige gral Polish: pl Graal m-in, pl Święty Graal m-in Portuguese: pt Santo Graal m Russian: ru Свято́й Грааль m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Свети Грал, sh Свети Здела m Latin: sh Sveti Gral, sh Sveti Zdela m Spanish: es Santo Grial m Swedish: sv den heliga gral c Tagalog: tl Banal na Kopita Thai: th จอกศักดิ์สิทธิ์ Turkish: tr Kutsal Kâse, tr Mukaddes Kâse Welsh: cy Greal sanctaidd m Noun Holy Grail en figuratively Anything that is highly sought-after but attained only through a difficult endeavor. en Nanotechnology is the holy grail of medicine. 2008, Wally Lamb, The Hour I First Believed, Ch.3, at p.65: 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. Alternative forms en holy grail Translations distant or difficult, sought-after goal Dutch: nl heilige graal m Finnish: fi graalin malja Greek: el άγιο δισκοπότηρο n Italian: it Santo Graal m Polish: pl Święty Graal m-in Portuguese: pt santo graal m Russian: ru золотое руно n ru священный Грааль m idiomatic Spanish: es santo grial See also en Sangrail Further reading en Christianity