Meaning of stress-timed | Babel Free

Definitions

Of a language, such that syllables may last different amounts of time, but there is perceived to be a fairly constant amount of time between consecutive stressed syllables.

not-comparable

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Examples

“As described in the discussion of stress and rhythm at the word level, stress-timed languages are those in which stressed syllables tend to occur at approximately equal intervals.”

CEFR level