Tesla
A surname from Serbo-Croatian.
Proper noun
- A surname from Serbo-Croatian.
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Inventor and physicist Nikola Tesla (1856–1943).
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Origin
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.
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Teslaphile Teslascope Tesla-swap Tesla-swapped tesla Tesla turbine T
Noun
- A car manufactured by Tesla, Inc., a battery electric vehicle (BEV) automaker founded in 2003.
- 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...
- We live in Silicon Valley, home of the gazillionaires you read about with their Teslas and private jets. - 2017, Lisen Stromberg, “Money Matters, Plan Accordingly”, in Work PAUSE Thrive: How to Pause for Parenthood...
- Add Teslas to the list of items that are costing more money during the pandemic. - 2021 June 1, Chris Isidore, “Elon Musk blames rising Tesla prices on raw material costs”, in CNN: