duet
English edit
Etymology edit
| PIE word |
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| *dwóh₁ |
From Italian duetto (“short musical composition for two voices”), diminutive of due (“two”).
Pronunciation edit
| ← 1 | 2 | 3 → [a], [b] |
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| Cardinal: two Ordinal: second Latinate ordinal: secondary Reverse order ordinal: second to last, second from last, last but one Latinate reverse order ordinal: penultimate Adverbial: two times, twice Multiplier: twofold Latinate multiplier: double Distributive: doubly Group collective: both, pair, twosome Multipart collective: doublet, couple, couplet Greek or Latinate collective: dyad Metric collective prefix: double- Greek collective prefix: di-, duo- Latinate collective prefix: bi- Fractional: half Metric fractional prefix: demi- Latinate fractional prefix: semi- Greek fractional prefix: hemi- Elemental: twin, doublet Greek prefix: deutero- Number of musicians: duo, duet, duplet Number of years: biennium | ||
Noun edit
duet (plural duets)
- (music) A musical composition in two parts, each performed by a single voice (singer, instrument or univoce ensemble).
- (music) A song composed for and/or performed by a duo.
- 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...
Synonyms edit
- (musical composition in two parts): duo
- (pair or couple): couple, pair, twosome; see also Thesaurus:duo
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Translations edit
a musical composition for two performers
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Verb edit
duet (third-person singular simple present duets, present participle duetting or dueting, simple past and past participle duetted or dueted)
- (intransitive) To perform a duet.
- 1822, Lord Byron, Letter to Mr. Moore, Pisa, July 12, 1822, in The Letters of George Gordon Byron, edited by Mathilde Blind, London: Walter Scott, 1887, p. 277, [1]
- When you can spare time from duetting, coquetting, and claretting with your Hibernians of both sexes, let me have a line from you.
- 1879, George Meredith, chapter 20, in The Egoist[2]:
- He was about as accordantly coupled with Dr. Middleton in discourse as a drum duetting with a bass-viol […]
- 2011, Julian Barnes, The Sense of an Ending, Random House Canada, page 45:
- ‘Ti-yi-yi-yime is on my side, yes it is,’ I used to yodel, duetting with Mick Jagger as I gyrated alone in my student room.
- 1822, Lord Byron, Letter to Mr. Moore, Pisa, July 12, 1822, in The Letters of George Gordon Byron, edited by Mathilde Blind, London: Walter Scott, 1887, p. 277, [1]
- (intransitive, zoology, of pairs of animals) To communicate (warnings, mating calls, etc.) through song.
- 1975, Edward O. Wilson, Sociobiology: The New Synthesis, Belknap Press, p. 223,
- Duetting species are typically monogamous.
- 1986, Thomas A. Sebeok, chapter 7, in I Think I Am a Verb: More Contributions to the Doctrine of Signs[3], New York: Springer Science+Business, published 2013, page 87:
- In several dozen species of birds there has been found a phenomenon known as duetting, or antiphonal singing: the first part of a song is executed by one partner of a pair, then the other partner very promptly chimes in to sing the second part.
- 1975, Edward O. Wilson, Sociobiology: The New Synthesis, Belknap Press, p. 223,
- (transitive) To perform (sing, play, etc.) as a duet.
- 1939 May 4, James Joyce, Finnegans Wake, London: Faber and Faber Limited, →OCLC; republished London: Faber & Faber Limited, 1960, →OCLC:
- Peena and Queena are duetting a giggle-for-giggle […]
- 1941, Emily Carr, chapter 1, in Klee Wyck[4]:
- After the Lord's Prayer the Missionaries duetted a hymn while the children stared at me.
- (transitive) (of two people) To say at the same time, to chorus.
- 1864, Charles Whitehead, “The Stock-Broker”, in Heads of the People: or, Portraits of the English[5], volume I, London: Henry G. Bohn, page 23:
- “My dear papa!” duetted the girls; but there was something in the husband and father's face, that told the three ladies it would be worse than useless to raise that question at present.
- 1884, Anonymous, A Speculation, Denver: D. M. Richards, Chapter 12, p. 50, [6]
- “A bear!” exclaimed the Major, jumping up and coming forward.
- “A bear!” dueted the Doctor and Right Rev., pressing hastily to the front.
Usage notes edit
- 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 edit
Anagrams edit
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian duetto or German Duett (itself borrowed from Italian).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
duet n (plural duetten, diminutive duetje n)
- A duet (musical piece performed by two players or two singers).
- A ballet routine performed by two dancers.
Descendants edit
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch duet, from Italian duetto or German Duett (itself borrowed from Italian).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
duet (first-person possessive duetku, second-person possessive duetmu, third-person possessive duetnya)
- duet (musical piece performed by two players or two singers).
Further reading edit
- “duet” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
duet
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from German Duett, from Italian duetto.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
duet m inan (diminutive duecik)
- (music) duet (group of two musicians)
- Synonym: duo
- (music) duet (piece of music written for two musicians)
- Synonym: duo
- duet (group of two people or things)
- Synonym: duo
Declension edit
Declension of duet
Further reading edit
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Etymology edit
Noun edit
duet n (plural duete)