Which word is stressed on the second syllable?

Which word is stressed on the second syllable?

The second syllable is generally stressed if the word ends in “-cy”, “-ty”, “-phy”, “-gy” or “-al”.

What is an example of a stressed syllable?

One syllable receives more emphasis than the others. For example, there are three syllables in the word “beautiful” /BEAU-ti-ful/ and the word stress falls on the first one /BEAU/.

What is primary and secondary stress with examples?

That is, each syllable has stress or it does not. For example, secondary stress is said to arise in compound words like vacuum cleaner, where the first syllable of vacuum has primary stress, while the first syllable of cleaner is usually said to have secondary stress.