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

Taylor Swift leads the nominations with seven in total, including best artist and best video for Fortnight, her duet with Post Malone.

From BBC

Taylor Swift, whose album of the year win with “Midnights” at February’s show made her the first artist to take the Grammys’ flagship prize four times, is up for album again with “The Tortured Poets Department” and for record and song of the year with “Fortnight,” her moody electro-pop duet with Post Malone.

From Los Angeles Times

Morgan Wallen, the hugely popular country singer blanked at the Grammys for several years following TMZ’s posting of a video in which he drunkenly used the N-word, received his first nominations — for country song and country duo/group performance — with “I Had Some Help,” his chart-topping duet with Post Malone.

From Los Angeles Times

Awards, raising questions about Nashville’s inclusivity — picked up Grammy nods in country duo/group performance with “II Most Wanted,” a duet with Miley Cyrus, and country song with “Texas Hold ’Em.”

From Los Angeles Times

For the title track of her 1991 standards collection, Natalie Cole selected the swank romantic ditty popularized four decades earlier by her father — then cut it as a virtual duet with Nat “King” Cole, who’d died in 1965.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• duo