isinglass

Meaning

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).

Synonyms

gelatin

mica

fish gelatin

gelatine

fish-glue

fish glue

agar

fish adhesive

jelly

pectin

ichthyocolla

protan jelly

icthyocolla

Translations

mica

cola de peixe

cola de pescado

ichtyocolle

mica

λεπιδόλιθος

Hausenblase

mica

gélatine

Glimmer

ιχθυόκολλα

gelatina

ittiocolla

mica

ψαροκόλα

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈaɪzɪŋɡlɑːs/

Etymology

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