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duet

duet

5 3.6
A short video where two users appear together in split screen
  • noun
  • /djuˈɛt/
  • Texting
translation icon : dueto
  • The two artists created a viral duet that showcased their unique styles and voices side-by-side.

Examples

  • In her latest TikTok video, she posted a duet with her friend, singing a popular song together.

  • Do a dubstep duet with Ian and serenade him with your wubs, OK?

  • Another duet technique is to have a conversation in sound, but with no words.

    Academic text (1996)
  • And the next time we talk, we'll be doing some kind of duet and guitar and not having this worried look on our faces.

  • And then he made a duet to a video Nessa made.

  • Duet improvisation is an excellent method for teaching interaction.

    Academic text (2005)
  • The establishment of local recording companies and the recording of vocal singing facilitated its reintroduction into the Tejano community by female duet groups.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Rayna is on the good side, as are the adorable should-be couple (and duet partners) Scarlett and Gunnar.

    Blog text (29)
  • On social media, fans often share duets where they collaborate with each other, adding their own twist to existing clips.

How Many

to group
38 1.2
trio
18 3.3
duet
  • Texting
5 3.6
to solo
3 4.2

Surface Forms

duet singular
duets plural

Morphology

duet = duo (semi-transparent) = duo + et

Formally derived from 'duo' + '-et', but this sense is a metaphorical/technological extension to paired video interactions, so the mapping is somewhat shifted.

Etymology

Duet comes from the Italian duetto and the Latin duo, which mean 'two'. A helpful way to remember the social-media meaning is that a duet still means two people together, so on apps it is a split-screen clip where two users perform or respond side-by-side.