"secondary stress" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: secondary stresses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} secondary stress (countable and uncountable, plural secondary stresses)
  1. (phonetics) The weaker of two degrees of stress in the pronunciation of a word. Wikipedia link: secondary stress Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Phonetics Synonyms: secondary accent Related terms: secondary stress mark Translations (secondary stress): sivupaino (Finnish), accent secondaire [masculine] (French), Nebenakzent [masculine] (German), Nebenbetonung [feminine] (German), másodhangsúly (Hungarian), mellékhangsúly (Hungarian), haumatapū (Maori), hau iti (Maori), acento secundário [masculine] (Portuguese)

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