duet

[ doo-et, dyoo- ]

noun

1. a musical composition for two voices or instruments.

duet

/ djuːˈɛt /

noun

1. Also called (esp for instrumental compositions)duo a musical composition for two performers or voices
2. an action or activity performed by a pair of closely connected individuals

verb

1. intr to perform a duet

Derived Forms

• duˈettist, noun

Other Words From

• du·ettist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of duet¹

1730–40; earlier duett < Italian duetto, equivalent to du ( o ) duet + -etto -et

Word History and Origins

Origin of duet¹

C18: from Italian duetto a little duet, from duo duet, from Latin: two

Example Sentences

Zach Braff and Donald Faison The Scrubs stars reunited to sing this holiday duet.

From The Daily Beast

As has been well-trodden at this point, the lyrics to this classic duet are quite concerning.

From The Daily Beast

The cartoons zing, whirr, and reverberate harmonically, making each entry a sort of duet.

From The Daily Beast

And then my duet with Kathryn, and my first duet with Valerie, the contemporary that Travis Wall choreographed.

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Even Prince himself turns up for a duet on The Electric Lady.

From The Daily Beast

For some moments the girls talked a rapid duet, then Isabel turned suddenly and beckoned.

From Project Gutenberg

Once he learnt, with his aunt, the exceedingly florid duet in Semiramide, and sang the soprano part admirably.

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Life is packed with little unheard of dramas of precisely the same sort—the eternal duet of sex; nothing else keeps it going.

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As Chopin's playing was equally sympathetic to Slavik, they formed the project of writing a duet for violin and piano.

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For on that day he played with his fellow-pupil Tellefsen, at a concert given by the latter in Paris, a duet of Schumann's.

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Related Words

• duo