What is the pronunciation for the word 'pluriharmonic'?

Maybe this problem is a bit too trivial for some people. I could not find any dictionary giving me a pronunciaiton for the word 'pluriharmonic'. Google does not work, either. Will someone be kind enough to give me a pronunciation for this word? It is a word from mathematics. I guess since it is a compound word, 'pluri-harmonic' may be its correct form. So will someone give me some information on the 'pluri' part? How is it pronounced? Thank you very much!

Solution 1:

The entire word may not be in online dictionaries, but its parts certainly are. OxfordDictionaries.com has:

pluri- /ˈplʊəri/, combining form: several

harmonic /hɑːˈmɒnɪk/, adjective: relating to a harmonic progression

So: /ˈplʊəri/ /hɑːˈmɒnɪk/, or in simplified form: plu-ri-hahr-mon-ik

As a classical compound, it's not necessarily hyphenated, but looking at other words compounded from pluri- (pluripotent, plurilateral, etc.), it appears that it is not:

pluriharmonic

Solution 2:

OED doesn't have this, but it does have others to model your pronunciaiton on. For example pluriflorous

Brit. /ˌplʊərɪˈflɒrəs/ , /ˌplɔːrɪˈflɒrəs/ , U.S. /ˌplʊrəˈflɔrəs/

pluriparity

Brit. /ˌplʊərɪˈparᵻti/ , /ˌplɔːrɪˈparᵻti/ , U.S. /ˌplʊrəˈpɛrədi/

Solution 3:

Probably the prefix is /'plərə/, or /'plʊrə/ in careful speech; almost certainly it wouldn't end in /i/ in a compound.

The initial /h/ in harmonic may or may not be pronounced, since it's stressed on the second syllable like historic, and prefixation wouldn't shift its stress.

So, all together then, if it were a frequently pronounced word, it would be /'plərəhar'manək/, with two stresses, one of which might be slightly louder than the other -- but which one would vary.

But it's obviously made up from classical roots, so anybody might well pronounce it any way at all, since it's not a common word to most readers.