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Is duet a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word duet is a Scrabble US word. The word duet is worth 5 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word duet is a Scrabble UK word and has 5 points:

D2U1E1T1

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4-letter words (1 found)

DUET,

3-letter words (3 found)

DUE,TED,UTE,

2-letter words (5 found)

DE,ED,ET,TE,UT,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 10 words from duet according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of duet

duet udet deut edut uedt eudt dute udte dtue tdue utde tude detu edtu dteu tdeu etdu tedu uetd eutd uted tued etud teud

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Definitions and meaning of duet

duet

Etymology

From Italian duetto (“short musical composition for two voices”), diminutive of due (“two”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /djuˈɛt/, /duˈɛt/
  • Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun

duet (plural duets)

  1. (music) A musical composition in two parts, each performed by a single voice (singer, instrument or univoce ensemble).
  2. (music) A song composed for and/or performed by a duo.
  3. A pair or couple, especially one that is harmonious or elegant.

Synonyms

  • (musical composition in two parts): duo
  • (pair or couple): couple, pair, twosome; see also Thesaurus:duo

Derived terms

  • virtual duet

Related terms

  • dual
  • duo

Translations

Verb

duet (third-person singular simple present duets, present participle duetting or dueting, simple past and past participle duetted or dueted)

  1. (intransitive) To perform a duet.
    • 1822, Lord Byron, Letter to Mr. Moore, Pisa, July 12, 1822, in The Letters of George Gordon Byron, edited by Mathilde Blind, London: Walter Scott, 1887, p. 277, [1]
      When you can spare time from duetting, coquetting, and claretting with your Hibernians of both sexes, let me have a line from you.
  2. (intransitive, zoology, of pairs of animals) To communicate (warnings, mating calls, etc.) through song.
    • 1975, Edward O. Wilson, Sociobiology: The New Synthesis, Belknap Press, p. 223,
      Duetting species are typically monogamous.
  3. (transitive) To perform (sing, play, etc.) as a duet.
  4. (transitive) (of two people) To say at the same time, to chorus.
    • 1884, Anonymous, A Speculation, Denver: D. M. Richards, Chapter 12, p. 50, [6]
      “A bear!” exclaimed the Major, jumping up and coming forward.
      “A bear!” dueted the Doctor and Right Rev., pressing hastily to the front.

Usage notes

  • In the UK and other Commonwealth countries, the present and past participles of this verb are often spelled with a double T: duetted and duetting

See also

  • solo
  • trio
  • quartet
  • quintet
  • sextet
  • septet
  • octet
  • nonet

Anagrams

  • 'tude, -tude, Deut., tude

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian duetto or German Duett (itself borrowed from Italian).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dyˈɛt/
  • Hyphenation: du‧et
  • Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun

duet n (plural duetten, diminutive duetje n)

  1. A duet (musical piece performed by two players or two singers).
  2. A ballet routine performed by two dancers.

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: duet
  • → Indonesian: duet
  • → West Frisian: duët

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch duet, from Italian duetto or German Duett (itself borrowed from Italian).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈd̪uɛt̪̚]
  • Hyphenation: du‧èt

Noun

duet (first-person possessive duetku, second-person possessive duetmu, third-person possessive duetnya)

  1. duet (musical piece performed by two players or two singers).

Further reading

  • “duet” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdʉːət/
  • Rhymes: -ət
  • Hyphenation: du‧et

Verb

duet

  1. simple past and present perfect of due

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Duett, from Italian duetto.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdu.ɛt/
  • Rhymes: -uɛt
  • Syllabification: du‧et

Noun

duet m inan (diminutive duecik)

  1. (music) duet (group of two musicians)
    Synonym: duo
  2. (music) duet (piece of music written for two musicians)
    Synonym: duo
  3. duet (group of two people or things)
    Synonym: duo

Declension

Further reading

  • duet in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • duet in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian duetto.

Noun

duet n (plural duete)

  1. (music) duet

Declension


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