How to pronounce lemniscate in English?

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lemniscate::noun | Spocien Dictionary

lemniscate

/lɛm'nɪskɪt/

any of several plane algebraic curves in the shape of a figure eight

Type	Words
Type of	curve, curved shape

lemniscate

But how do you do that when some of the words are IRIDULE or LEMNISCATE?

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The resulting curve resembles a lemniscate of Bernoulli.

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