From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishweak consonant/syllableweak consonant/syllableone that is not emphasized → weak
Examples from the Corpus
weak consonant/syllable• In this chapter we look at the general nature of weak syllables.• Not all weak syllables contain, though many do.• The distribution of strong and weak syllables is a subject that will be met in several later chapters.• Elision is a closely related subject, and in considering intonation the difference between strong and weak syllables is also important. 