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pri·ma·ry ˈstress N no pl LING

primary stress

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primary/secondary stress

Haupt-/Nebenbetonung f

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Primary stress may fall on any of the three final syllables of a word, but occurs mainly on the last two. en.wikipedia.org

In the following data where primary stress appears it will be shown as an acute accent. en.wikipedia.org

According to, secondary stress falls on the second syllable following the primary stress, and iteratively thereafter on every second syllable. en.wikipedia.org

Each word usually has primary stress on its first syllable; one exception is enclitics, minor monosyllabic words that receive no stress. en.wikipedia.org

The penultimate primary stress position ("malumay") is the assumed, default stress type and is therefore left unwritten except in dictionaries. en.wikipedia.org

Vowels in syllables with primary stress are relatively long and somewhat shorter in syllables with secondary stress. en.wikipedia.org

Primary stress is phonemic and secondary stress is predictable. en.wikipedia.org

Stress marks show the location of primary stress in the suffixed form. en.wikipedia.org

In the pronunciation of these adverbs as with all adverbs in "-mente" primary stress is on the ending, on the penultimate syllable. en.wikipedia.org

All words must have a single primary stress. en.wikipedia.org

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