duet

See also düet

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛt

Etymology

from Italian duetto 'short musical composition for two voices', diminutive of duo 'two', itself from Latin duo 'two'

Noun

duet (plural duets)

1. (music) A musical composition in two parts, each performed by a single voice (singer, instrument or univoce ensemble).
2. A pair or couple, especially one that is harmonious or elegant.
   • 2005, James Henderson, Caribbean and the Bahamas

     The fare is Caribbean with an Asian touch — millefeuille of sun-dried tomato, Paris mushrooms and chargrilled local asparagus followed by a duet of chicken and shrimp...

Translations

a musical composition for two performers

• Bulgarian: дует (bg) (duét) m
• Catalan: duo m, duet m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 二重唱 (cmn) (èrchóngchàng) (vocal), 二重奏 (cmn) (èrchóngzòu) (instrumental)

• Dutch: duet (nl) n, duo (nl) n
• French: duo (fr) m, duetto (fr) m
• German: Duett (de) n
• Hungarian: duett (hu), duó (hu), kettős (hu)
• Italian: duetto (it) m, duo (it) m

• Japanese: 二重唱 (ja) (にじゅうしょう, nijūshō) (vocal), 二重奏 (ja) (にじゅうそう, nijūsō) (instrumental), デュエット (ja) (dyuetto), デュオ (ja) (dyuo)
• Russian: дуэт (ru) (duét) m, двойка (ru) (dvójka) f, (collective) двое (ru) (dvóje) pl
• Scottish Gaelic: òran-càraid (gd) m
• Serbian: dvopev m
• Slovene: duet (sl) m
• Spanish: dúo m, dueto m
• Turkish: düet

Related terms

• dual
• duo

Verb

duet (third-person singular simple present duets, present participle dueting, simple past and past participle dueted)

1. (intransitive) To perform a duet.
2. (intransitive, zoology, of male and female pairs) To communicate (warnings, mating calls, etc.) through song.

Usage notes

• In the UK and other Commonwealth countries, the present and past participles of this verb are often spelled with a double T: duetted and duetting

See also

• solo
• trio
• quartet
• quintet
• sextet
• septet
• octet
• nonet

Anagrams

• Deut.
• 'tude

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA: /dyˈwɛt/

Etymology

From Latin duo 'two'

Noun

duet n (plural duetten, diminutive duetje)

1. A duet
2. A musical duo