secondary stress

US /ˈsek.ən.der.i ˈstres/
UK /ˈsek.ən.der.i ˈstres/
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stress secondario

a stress that is weaker than primary stress but stronger than tertiary stress (or unstressed syllables)

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In the word 'elevator', the secondary stress falls on the first syllable 'el'.
Nella parola 'elevator', lo stress secondario cade sulla prima sillaba 'el'.
Linguists use special symbols to mark secondary stress in phonetic transcriptions.
I linguisti usano simboli speciali per segnare lo stress secondario nelle trascrizioni fonetiche.