Tesla

Pronunciation: /ˈtɛslə/

The English word “Tesla” has 2 meanings listed here.

proper noun

Inventor and physicist Nikola Tesla (1856–1943).

noun

A car manufactured by Tesla, Inc., a battery electric vehicle (BEV) automaker founded in 2003.

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.

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