primary stress in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for primary stress in the English»French Dictionary

I.primary [Brit ˈprʌɪm(ə)ri, Am ˈpraɪˌmɛri, ˈpraɪm(ə)ri] Primaries N

3. primary SCHOOL → primary school

II.primary [Brit ˈprʌɪm(ə)ri, Am ˈpraɪˌmɛri, ˈpraɪm(ə)ri] Primaries ADJ

See also primary school, Primaries, open primary, closed primary

I.stress [Brit strɛs, Am strɛs] N

II.stress [Brit strɛs, Am strɛs] VB trans

primary stress in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for primary stress in the English»French Dictionary

I.primary [ˈpraɪməri, Am -mer-] ADJ

II.primary <-ies> [ˈpraɪməri, Am -mer-] N

American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
All words must have a single primary stress.
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According to, secondary stress falls on the second syllable following the primary stress, and iteratively thereafter on every second syllable.
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Pre-tonic reduction occurs in the third syllable counting left from the primary stress (e.g. "yarumaksiyrumamksi" clothing) as well as in word-initial syllables (e.g. "yakrekaykreka" door).
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Note: in all above examples, primary stress remains on the second word, while secondary stress remains on the first word, independently of tone changes.
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The penultimate primary stress position ("malumay") is the assumed, default stress type and is therefore left unwritten except in dictionaries.
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When they occur they also typically receive the primary stress of the phrase, causing the noun to lose some phonation features.
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Secondary stress in words with three or more syllables before the primary stress is less predictable.
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Primary stress is phonemic and secondary stress is predictable.
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Stress marks show the location of primary stress in the suffixed form.
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All heavy syllables take at least secondary stress, and possibly primary stress depending on their position within the word.
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