duet

du·et  (d-t, dy-)

n.

1. Music

a. A composition for two voices or two instruments.

b. A group of two singers or two instrumentalists.

2. A pair.

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[Italian duetto, diminutive of duo, from Latin, two; see dwo- in Indo-European roots.]

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duet

Noun

a piece of music sung or played by two people [Latin duo two]

duettist n

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Duet two or more birds; a musical arrangement for two performers, hence, the collective term for the performers; two matching items.

Examples: duet of doves; of gowns [same colour], 1890; of turtles, 1486.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	duet - two items of the same kind couplet, distich, duad, duo, dyad, twain, twosome, brace, pair, span, yoke, couple fellow, mate - one of a pair; "he lost the mate to his shoe"; "one eye was blue but its fellow was brown" 2, II, two, deuce - the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number doubleton - (bridge) a pair of playing cards that are the only cards in their suit in the hand dealt to a player
	2.	duet - two performers or singers who perform together duette, duo musical group, musical organisation, musical organization - an organization of musicians who perform together
	3.	duet - a pair who associate with one another; "the engaged couple"; "an inseparable twosome" couple, twosome, duo pair - two people considered as a unit same-sex marriage - two people of the same sex who live together as a family; "the legal status of same-sex marriages has been hotly debated"
	4.	duet - a musical composition for two performers duette, duo primo - the principal part of a duet (especially a piano duet) secondo - the second or lower part of a duet (especially a piano duet) musical composition, opus, piece of music, composition, piece - a musical work that has been created; "the composition is written in four movements"
	5.	duet - (ballet) a dance for two people (usually a ballerina and a danseur noble) pas de deux dancing, terpsichore, dance, saltation - taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music adagio - a slow section of a pas de deux requiring great skill and strength by the dancers ballet, concert dance - a theatrical representation of a story that is performed to music by trained dancers

Translations

duet [djuːˈɛt] n → dúo

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duet [djuːˈɛt] n → duo m

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duet [djuːˈɛt] n → Duett nt

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duet [djuːˈɛt] n → duetto