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.

Proper noun

Tesla (plural Teslas)

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

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German

Pronunciation

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Noun

Tesla n (strong, genitive Teslas, plural Tesla)

  1. tesla

Declension

Further reading

  • Tesla” in Duden online

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Tesla m or f (Cyrillic spelling Тесла)

  1. a surname. (Tesla)

Derived terms

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