secondary accent
noun
a stress accent weaker than primary accent but stronger than lack of stress.
Also called
secondary stress.
Origin of secondary accent
First recorded in 1830–40
Words nearby secondary accent
British Dictionary definitions for secondary accent
secondary accent
secondary stress
noun
phonetics
(in a system of transcribing utterances recognizing three levels of stress) the accent on a syllable of a word or breath group that is weaker than the primary accent but stronger than the lack of stress
in the word ``agriculture'' the secondary accent falls on the third syllable Compare primary accent