primary stress

noun

1. primary accent.

primary stress

noun

1. linguistics another term for primary accent

Word History and Origins

Origin of primary stress¹

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

In Anglo-Saxon verse the combination of a primary stress, a secondary stress, and an unstressed syllable, is a recognized type.

From Project Gutenberg

The syllables "soul, Merman" are respectively cases of primary stress, secondary stress, and no-stress.

From Project Gutenberg