sub-rosa

1. 1.

   designed and carried out secretly or confidentially

   “a sub-rosa report”

   “has their under-the-table backing”

   Synonymsunder-the-tablebehind-the-scenes

   Similarcovert

Questions about sub-rosa

What does sub-rosa mean?

sub-rosa means "designed and carried out secretly or confidentially".

How many syllables are in sub-rosa?

sub-rosa has 3 syllables and divides as su-b-ro-sa under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.