isinglass

Significado (Inglés)

  1. (uncountable, usually) A form of gelatine obtained from the air bladder of the sturgeon and certain other fish, used as an adhesive and as a clarifying agent for wine and beer.
  2. (uncountable, usually) A thin, transparent sheet of mica (probably from its similarity to true isinglass and/or resulting from confusion with the term Muscovy glass for glazing made from mica, but also used for isinglass, which was chiefly produced in the Caspian Sea region of Russia, or Muscovy).

Conceptos

cola de pescado

cola de pez

Sinónimos

Traducciones

cola de peixe

Hausenblase

λεπιδόλιθος

ψαροκόλα

ιχθυόκολλα

Pronunciado como (IPA)
/ˈaɪzɪŋɡlɑːs/
Etimología (Inglés)

Apparently from obsolete Dutch huisenblas, from German Hausenblase, from Hausen (“sturgeon of the Huso genus”) + Blase (“bladder”), with alteration after glass.

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