Tesla

See also: tesla

English

Nikola Tesla.

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian Tesla/Тесла, from Proto-Slavic *tesla. Cognate with German Dechsel, Dutch dissel, Russian тесло́ (tesló), Polish ciosła, Latin tēla. Doublet of tela and toile. The name of the automotive company is a tribute to Nikola Tesla.

Proper noun

Tesla (plural Teslas)

1. A surname from Serbo-Croatian.
2. Inventor and physicist Nikola Tesla (1856–1943).
3. (Should we delete⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (automotive) Tesla, Inc.: a battery electric vehicle (BEV) automaker founded in 2003.

Derived terms

• Teslaphile
• Tesla-swap
• Tesla-swapped
• tesla (T)
• T (tesla)

 

Translations

surname

• Bulgarian: Те́сла m or f (Tésla)
• Macedonian: Тесла m or f (Tesla)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Croatian: Tesla

  Serbian: Тесла

Noun

Tesla (plural Teslas)

1. (automotive) A car manufactured by Tesla, Inc., a battery electric vehicle (BEV) automaker founded in 2003.
   • 2017, David Joland, chapter 16, in The Biggest Idea in the World, CreateSpace, →ISBN, page 87:

     If they happen to have shares worth a couple of hundred million each, that’s a bonus, but other than their Teslas and Playstations,^[sic] they can think of nothing they need to spend it on, although if the auto-pilot self-driving software isn’t released soon they’ll have to actually learn to drive rather than just leaving the cars plugged in all day.

   • 2017, Lisen Stromberg, “Money Matters, Plan Accordingly”, in Work PAUSE Thrive: How to Pause for Parenthood Without Killing Your Career, Dallas, Tex.: BenBella Books, Inc., →ISBN, part III (Your Career, Your Way), page 251:

     We live in Silicon Valley, home of the gazillionaires you read about with their Teslas and private jets.

   • 2024, Jessica Hurlbut, “The Pinch of Finances: Jesus, Cut the Ties Money Has on My Heart”, in Unlimited Motherhood: Overcome 12 Limits That Overwhelm and Conflict Our Hearts, Minneapolis, Minn.: Bethany House Publishers, →ISBN, “The Man Dressed in Black”:

     But we think the wealthy are living in Silicon Valley with their Teslas, at-home espresso machines, and live-in nannies.

Anagrams

• setal, steal, ETLAs, telas, Astle, tales, least, salet, slate, Teals, stela, astel, Slate, Sleat, lates, leats, 'least, laste, teals, stale, taels

German

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

Tesla n (strong, genitive Teslas, plural Tesla)

1. tesla

Declension

Declension of Tesla [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Tesla	die	Tesla
genitive	eines	des	Teslas	der	Tesla
dative	einem	dem	Tesla	den	Tesla
accusative	ein	das	Tesla	die	Tesla

Further reading

• “Tesla” in Duden online

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian tȅsla (“adze”), from Proto-Slavic *tesla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /têsla/

Proper noun

Tȅsla m (Cyrillic spelling Те̏сла)

1. a surname. (Tesla)

Derived terms

• T (tesla, an SI unit)
• tesla (T, an SI unit)