primary accent
noun
1.
the principal or strongest stress of a word.
Also called
primary stress
.
Examples from the web for
primary accent
Drought-resistant trees and shrubs must be the
primary accent
plants.
British Dictionary definitions for
primary accent
primary accent
noun
1.
(
linguistics
) the strongest accent in a word or breath group, as that on the first syllable of
agriculture
Compare
secondary accent