# tesla
## English
### Etymology

Named after Serbian-American inventor Nikola Tesla.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtɛslə/
* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

tesla (plural teslas or tesla) (see usage notes)
* In the International System of Units, the derived unit of magnetic flux density or magnetic inductivity. Symbol: T
** 2015 August 18, John Timmer, “Small, modular nuke plant proposed—this time for fusion”, in Ars Technica‎:In a draft paper, REBCO wiring has been reported to produce magnetic fields over 35 Tesla; the ARC design only needs 20T fields.

#### Usage notes

* The SI brochure (Sec 5.3) notes that [u]nit names are normally printed in upright type and they are treated like ordinary nouns. This includes the normal rules of plural formation.
* The NIST Guide for the Use of SI (Sec. 9.2) states: Plural unit names are used when they are required by the rules of English grammar. They are normally formed regularly, for example, “henries” is the plural of henry. According to Ref. [6], the following plurals are irregular: Singular —lux, hertz, siemens; Plural —lux, hertz, siemens. (See also Sec. 9.7.) There is no special exception for tesla.
* When using the unit name tesla as an adjective, it is normally not pluralized. Compare the following:
* The nine-volt battery provides a potential difference of nine volts.
* The two-tesla magnet produces a flux density of two teslas.
* Despite this distinction, the nonstandard plural forms Tesla or tesla are frequently found in scientific and lay literature. (See above quotation.)

#### Translations
### Further reading

Tesla (unit) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* setal, steal, ETLAs, telas, Astle, tales, least, salet, slate, Teals, stela, Slate, Sleat, lates, leats, 'least, laste, teals, stale, taels

## Catalan
### Etymology

Named after Serbian-American inventor Nikola Tesla.

### Noun

tesla m (plural tesles)
* tesla

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈtɛsla]
* Hyphenation: te‧s‧la

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tesla.

#### Noun

tesla f
* (archaic) adze (cutting tool)
    Synonym: teslice

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

Named after Serbian-American inventor Nikola Tesla.

#### Noun

tesla f
* tesla (SI unit)

##### Declension
### Further reading

* “tesla”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “tesla”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “tesla”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian Tesla. Named after Serbian-American inventor Nikola Tesla.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈteslɑ/, [ˈt̪e̞s̠lɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -eslɑ
* Hyphenation: tes‧la

### Noun

tesla
* tesla

#### Declension

Possessive forms of tesla (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
teslani
teslani
accusative
nom.
teslani
teslani
gen.
teslani
genitive
teslani
teslojeni teslaini $^{rare}$
partitive
teslaani
teslojani
inessive
teslassani
tesloissani
elative
teslastani
tesloistani
illative
teslaani
tesloihini
adessive
teslallani
tesloillani
ablative
teslaltani
tesloiltani
allative
teslalleni
tesloilleni
essive
teslanani
tesloinani
translative
teslakseni
tesloikseni
abessive
teslattani
tesloittani
instructive
comitative
—tesloineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
teslasi
teslasi
accusative
nom.
teslasi
teslasi
gen.
teslasi
genitive
teslasi
teslojesi teslaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
teslaasi
teslojasi
inessive
teslassasi
tesloissasi
elative
teslastasi
tesloistasi
illative
teslaasi
tesloihisi
adessive
teslallasi
tesloillasi
ablative
teslaltasi
tesloiltasi
allative
teslallesi
tesloillesi
essive
teslanasi
tesloinasi
translative
teslaksesi
tesloiksesi
abessive
teslattasi
tesloittasi
instructive
comitative
—tesloinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
teslamme
teslamme
accusative
nom.
teslamme
teslamme
gen.
teslamme
genitive
teslamme
teslojemme teslaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
teslaamme
teslojamme
inessive
teslassamme
tesloissamme
elative
teslastamme
tesloistamme
illative
teslaamme
tesloihimme
adessive
teslallamme
tesloillamme
ablative
teslaltamme
tesloiltamme
allative
teslallemme
tesloillemme
essive
teslanamme
tesloinamme
translative
teslaksemme
tesloiksemme
abessive
teslattamme
tesloittamme
instructive
comitative
—tesloinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
teslanne
teslanne
accusative
nom.
teslanne
teslanne
gen.
teslanne
genitive
teslanne
teslojenne teslainne $^{rare}$
partitive
teslaanne
teslojanne
inessive
teslassanne
tesloissanne
elative
teslastanne
tesloistanne
illative
teslaanne
tesloihinne
adessive
teslallanne
tesloillanne
ablative
teslaltanne
tesloiltanne
allative
teslallenne
tesloillenne
essive
teslananne
tesloinanne
translative
teslaksenne
tesloiksenne
abessive
teslattanne
tesloittanne
instructive
comitative
—tesloinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
teslansa
teslansa
accusative
nom.
teslansa
teslansa
gen.
teslansa
genitive
teslansa
teslojensa teslainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
teslaansa
teslojaan teslojansa
inessive
teslassaan teslassansa
tesloissaan tesloissansa
elative
teslastaan teslastansa
tesloistaan tesloistansa
illative
teslaansa
tesloihinsa
adessive
teslallaan teslallansa
tesloillaan tesloillansa
ablative
teslaltaan teslaltansa
tesloiltaan tesloiltansa
allative
teslalleen teslallensa
tesloilleen tesloillensa
essive
teslanaan teslanansa
tesloinaan tesloinansa
translative
teslakseen teslaksensa
tesloikseen tesloiksensa
abessive
teslattaan teslattansa
tesloittaan tesloittansa
instructive
comitative
—tesloineen tesloinensa :

#### Derived terms

* teslamuuntaja

### Further reading

* “tesla”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

### Anagrams

* lesta

## French
### Etymology

Named after Serbian-American inventor Nikola Tesla.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /te.sla/
* Audio (Paris):(file)

### Noun

tesla m (plural teslas)
* tesla

### Further reading

* “tesla”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* tales

## Polish
### Etymology

Named after Serbian-American inventor and engineer Nikola Tesla. Doublet of ciosła.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtɛ.sla/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛsla
* Syllabification: te‧sla
* Homophone: Tesla

### Noun

tesla f
* tesla

#### Declension
### Further reading

* tesla in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Named after Serbian-American inventor Nikola Tesla.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈtɛz.lɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈtɛz.lɐ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈtɛʒ.lɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈtɛz.la/
* Hyphenation: tes‧la

### Noun

tesla m (plural teslas)
* tesla (unit of measurement of magnetic flux density)

## Romanian
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from French tesla, named after Serbian-American inventor Nikola Tesla.

#### Noun

tesla f (uncountable)
* tesla

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

tesla f
* definite singular nominative/accusative of teslă

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tesla.

#### Noun

tȅsla f (Cyrillic spelling те̏сла)
* adze (cutting tool)
    Synonym: bradva

##### Declension
#### Further reading

* “tesla”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

### Etymology 2

Named after Serbian-American inventor Nikola Tesla.

#### Noun

tȅsla f (Cyrillic spelling те̏сла)
* tesla (SI unit of magnetic flux density)

##### Declension
#### Further reading

* “tesla”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Swedish
### Etymology

Named after Serbian-American inventor Nikola Tesla.

### Noun

tesla c
* tesla

### Anagrams

* salte, stela