| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | du·et |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  d - t , dy- |
| NOUN: | 1. Music a. A composition for two voices or two instruments. b. A group of two singers or two instrumentalists. 2. A pair. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Italian duetto, diminutive of duo, from Latin, two. See dwo- in Appendix I.
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