secondary stress

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English[edit]

secondary stress on Wikipedia

Noun[edit]

secondary stress (plural secondary stresses)

(phonetics) The weaker of two degrees of stress in the pronunciation of a word.

Synonyms[edit]

secondary accent

Coordinate terms[edit]

primary stress

Translations[edit]

secondary stress

Finnish: sivupaino (fi)
French: accent secondaire m
German: Nebenakzent (de) m, Nebenbetonung (de) f
Hungarian: másodhangsúly, mellékhangsúly (hu)
Portuguese: acento secundário (pt) m

See also[edit]

ˌ (secondary stress mark)

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