"Tesla" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

IPA: /ˈtɛslə/ [US], /ˈtɛslə/ [UK], /ˈtɛzlə/ [UK] Audio: en-us-tesla.ogg Forms: Teslas [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛslə, -ɛzlə 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 name of the automotive company is a tribute to Nikola Tesla. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|sh|Tesla//Тесла}} Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Tesla /Тесла, {{der|en|sla-pro|*tesla}} Proto-Slavic *tesla, {{cog|de|Dechsel}} German Dechsel, {{cog|nl|dissel}} Dutch dissel, {{cog|ru|тесло́}} Russian тесло́ (tesló), {{cog|pl|ciosła}} Polish ciosła, {{cog|la|tēla}} Latin tēla, {{dbt|en|tela|toile}} Doublet of tela and toile Head templates: {{en-prop|s}} Tesla (plural Teslas)
  1. A surname from Serbo-Croatian. Translations (surname): Те́сла (Tésla) [feminine, masculine] (Bulgarian), 特斯拉 (Tèsilā) (Chinese Mandarin), Tesla (Croatian), Тесла (Tesla) [feminine, masculine] (Macedonian), Тесла (Serbian)
    Sense id: en-Tesla-en-name-0wHhRp0A Categories (other): English surnames, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 39 15 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 73 7 20 Disambiguation of 'surname': 95 5
  2. Inventor and physicist Nikola Tesla (1856–1943). Categories (topical): Individuals Derived forms: Teslaphile, Tesla-swap, Tesla-swapped, tesla (alt: T), T (alt: tesla)
    Sense id: en-Tesla-en-name-P9ygSsSy Categories (other): Terms with Macedonian translations, Nikola Tesla Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 39 15 45 Disambiguation of Nikola Tesla: 2 72 26

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈtɛslə/ [US], /ˈtɛslə/ [UK], /ˈtɛzlə/ [UK] Audio: en-us-tesla.ogg Forms: Teslas [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛslə, -ɛzlə 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 name of the automotive company is a tribute to Nikola Tesla. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|sh|Tesla//Тесла}} Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Tesla /Тесла, {{der|en|sla-pro|*tesla}} Proto-Slavic *tesla, {{cog|de|Dechsel}} German Dechsel, {{cog|nl|dissel}} Dutch dissel, {{cog|ru|тесло́}} Russian тесло́ (tesló), {{cog|pl|ciosła}} Polish ciosła, {{cog|la|tēla}} Latin tēla, {{dbt|en|tela|toile}} Doublet of tela and toile Head templates: {{en-noun}} Tesla (plural Teslas)
  1. (automotive) A car manufactured by Tesla, Inc., a battery electric vehicle (BEV) automaker founded in 2003. Categories (topical): Automotive, Elon Musk Related terms: Swasticar
    Sense id: en-Tesla-en-noun-p3~6WMr- Disambiguation of Elon Musk: 33 24 43 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 30 59 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 6 16 78 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 21 26 53 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 30 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 38 14 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 39 15 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 22 15 62 Topics: automotive, transport, vehicles

Noun [German]

Audio: De-Tesla.ogg
Head templates: {{de-noun|n,,-}} Tesla n (strong, genitive Teslas, plural Tesla) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|n,,-}} Forms: Teslas [genitive], Tesla [plural], strong [table-tags], Tesla [nominative, singular], Tesla [definite, nominative, plural], Teslas [genitive, singular], Tesla [definite, genitive, plural], Tesla [dative, singular], Tesla [dative, definite, plural], Tesla [accusative, singular], Tesla [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. tesla Tags: neuter, strong
    Sense id: en-Tesla-de-noun-c1i9Tsh3 Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Proper name [Serbo-Croatian]

IPA: /têsla/ Forms: Tȅsla [canonical, masculine], Те̏сла [Cyrillic]
Etymology: From Serbo-Croatian tȅsla (“adze”), from Proto-Slavic *tesla. Etymology templates: {{cog|sh|tȅsla|t=adze}} Serbo-Croatian tȅsla (“adze”), {{inh|sh|sla-pro|*tesla}} Proto-Slavic *tesla Head templates: {{sh-proper noun|g=m|head=Tȅsla}} Tȅsla m (Cyrillic spelling Те̏сла)
  1. a surname, Tesla Wikipedia link: bs:Tesla (čvor), hr:Tesla (razdvojba), sh:Tesla, sr:Tesla Derived forms: T (english: tesla, an SI unit), tesla (english: T, an SI unit)

Inflected forms

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          "text": "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.",
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