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)
- A surname from Serbo-Croatian.
- Inventor and physicist Nikola Tesla (1856–1943).
- (automotive) Tesla, Inc.: a battery electric vehicle (BEV) automaker founded in 2003.
Derived terms
- Teslaphile
- Tesla-swap
- Tesla-swapped
- tesla (T)
- T (tesla)
Translations
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Serbo-Croatian tȅsla (“adze”), from Proto-Slavic *tesla.
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