We assumed that his first three-syllable word would be our malamute's name, Icaro, but Evan called him Caro.
One day, to our delight and surprise, Evan said his first three-syllable word, and the word was Mal-lo-mar!
The confusion is in the middle syllable of the three-syllable word.
Thus, in a three-syllable word, the first syllable exhibits secondary stress, while primary stress is on the third syllable:
Knight has the drawback that for many people, it's a three-syllable word.
Get all those three-syllable words out of it by the next edition.
He didn't dare touch the switch with the complicated three-syllable word on it.
"That's a three-syllable word," the coach said.
The singing is restrained, the lyrics are simple (there are virtually no three-syllable words), and the attitude is breezy.