Holy Grail

See also: holy grail

English

Proper noun

the Holy Grail

(Arthurian legend) An artifact in Arthurian mythology, being the cup used by Christ at the Last Supper and in which some of his blood was caught during the crucifixion.
(figuratively) Anything that is highly sought-after or attained through a difficult endeavor.

Translations

artifact in Christian mythology

Breton: Graal, Graal Santel
Bulgarian: Свещен Граал (Svešten Graal)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 圣杯 (zh)
Cornish: Gral m
Czech: Svatý grál m
Dutch: Heilige Graal f
Finnish: Graalin malja
French: Graal (fr) m, Saint-Graal m
Middle French: Saint Graal m
Galician: Graal m, Santo Graal m
German: Heiliger Gral m
Greek: Άγιο Δισκοπότηρο n (Ágio Diskopótiro), Άγιο Ποτήριο n (Ágio Potírio)
Hungarian: Szent Grál
Irish: An Soitheach Naofa m
Italian: Santo Graal m

Japanese: 聖杯 (せいはい, seihai)
Korean: 성배 (seongbae)
Latin: Gradalis Sanctus m
Manx: Grail Casherick
Norwegian: hellige gral
Polish: Święty Graal (pl) m
Portuguese: Santo Graal m
Russian: Свято́й Грааль (ru) m (Svjatój Graalʹ)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Свети Грал, Свети Здела m

Roman: Sveti Gral, Sveti Zdela m
Spanish: Santo Grial m
Swedish: heliga graal c (always in definite form: den heliga graal)
Turkish: Kutsal Kâse, Mukaddes Kâse
Welsh: Greal sanctaidd m

See also

Sangraal, Sangreal

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