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du⋅et

  [doo-et, dyoo-]
–noun
a musical composition for two voices or instruments.
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Origin:
1730–40; earlier duett < It duetto, equiv. to du(o) duet + -etto -et

Related forms:
du⋅et⋅tist, noun
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du·et   (dōō-ět', dyōō-)   
n.  

  1. Music

    1. A composition for two voices or two instruments.

    2. A group of two singers or two instrumentalists.

  2. A pair.


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

duet 
1740, from It. duetto "short musical composition for two voices," dim. of duo "two."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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