Tesla

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.

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛslə/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛslə/, /ˈtɛzlə/

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• Rhymes: -ɛslə, -ɛzlə

Tesla (plural Teslas)

2. A surname from Serbo-Croatian.
   2. Inventor and physicist Nikola Tesla (1856–1943).

Tesla (plural Teslas)

2. (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.

   • 2021 June 1, Chris Isidore, “Elon Musk blames rising Tesla prices on raw material costs”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     Add Teslas to the list of items that are costing more money during the pandemic.

   • 2021 November 18, Matt McFarland, “We tried Tesla’s ‘full self-driving.’ Here’s what happened”, in CNN‎^[2]:

     I felt deja vu as I recalled a video in which a Tesla owner slammed on the brakes after his car appeared set on crashing headlong into a construction site.

   • 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.

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Tesla n (strong, genitive Teslas, plural Tesla)

1. tesla

• “Tesla” in Duden online

From tesla, definite form of teslă.

Tesla f

1. a river in Brașov, Romania, tributary to the Tărlung

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

• IPA^(key): /têsla/

Tȅsla m anim (Cyrillic spelling Те̏сла)

1. a surname, Tesla

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