Tesla

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed 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 noun sense is from the automotive company Tesla, Inc., which was named as a tribute to Nikola Tesla. === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /ˈtɛslə/ (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtɛslə/, /ˈtɛzlə/ Rhymes: -ɛslə, -ɛzlə === Proper noun === Tesla (plural Teslas) A surname from Serbo-Croatian. Inventor and physicist Nikola Tesla (1856–1943). ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === Tesla (plural Teslas) (automotive) A car manufactured by Tesla, Inc., a battery electric vehicle (BEV) automaker founded in 2003. ==== Coordinate terms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Anagrams === setal, steal, ETLAs, telas, Astle, tales, least, salet, slate, Teals, stela, Slate, Sleat, lates, leats, 'least, laste, teals, stale, taels == German == === Pronunciation === === Noun === Tesla n (strong, genitive Teslas, plural Tesla) tesla ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Tesla” in Duden online == Romanian == === Etymology === From tesla, definite form of teslă. === Proper noun === Tesla f a river in Brașov, Romania, tributary to the Tărlung == Serbo-Croatian == === Etymology === From tȅsla (“adze”), from Proto-Slavic *tesla. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /têsla/ === Proper noun === Tȅsla m anim (Cyrillic spelling Те̏сла) a surname, Tesla ==== Derived terms ==== T (tesla, an SI unit) tesla (T, an SI unit)