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DictionaryRoot: -etto
Italian

-etto

small; sometimes affectionate

Forms

  • -etto
  • -etta — The feminine form.
  • -etti — One plural form.
  • -ette — The feminine plural form.

Origin

An Italian ending for smallness with related forms in other Romance languages.

Note

Number and gender endings can make related borrowed names look different.

2 / 9
Exactly two singers perform together facing shared microphone, both mouths singing with natural expressive gestures; paired musical performance, white ground.
noun / verb

duet

doo-ET/duˈet/

Music written or performed for two singers or players.

Etymology
duItaliantwo
+etItaliansmall; sometimes affectionate

Italian duo, 'two,' with a diminutive ending named a short composition for two voices. The defining feature in English is the pair of singers or instrumentalists, rather than the music's length.

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