duet
pronunciation
How to pronounce duet in British English:
UK [djuˈet]
How to pronounce duet in American English:
US [duˈet]
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- Noun:
- two items of the same kind
- two performers or singers who perform together
- a pair who associate with one another
- a musical composition for two performers
- (ballet) a dance for two people (usually a ballerina and a danseur noble)
Word Origin
- duet
- duet: [18] The original term for ‘two musicians’ was Italian duo, a descendant of Latin duo ‘two’. English acquired this in the 16th century. But Italian (the major source of Western musical vocabulary) also produced a diminutive form duetto, literally ‘little duo’, which English borrowed either directly (the unanglicized form duetto was used in English for about a hundred years from the 1720s) or perhaps via German duett.=> two
- duet (n.)
- 1740, from French duet, from Italian duetto "short musical composition for two voices," diminutive of duo "two" (see two). As a verb, from 1822. The Italian form of the noun was used in English from c. 1724.
Example
- 1. The song is a duet kenny recorded with folk-rock singer grace potter for his 2010 album hemingway 's whiskey .
- 2. Facing criticism from the gay and lesbian community for his homophobic lyrics , eminem takes the stage with openly gay singer elton john to perform a duet of " stan " at the grammys .
- 3. Last saturday night , in the middle of a duet in christopher wheeldon 's " polyphonia , " jennie somogyi , a dancer of extreme purity , suddenly stopped , turned to her left , and hobbled offstage .
- 4. He was struck by the strength and poignancy of a duet in the second act between lennie and the story 's one ( unnamed ) female character as they relate their respective dreams : he to find his own farm with george , she to find fame in hollywood .
- 5. This cheerful duet looks set to drag on .