impala

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ɪmˈpɑːlə/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ɪmˈpælə, -ˈpɑlə/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(im pal′ə, -pä′lə)

Inflections of 'impala' (n):
impalas
npl (All usages)
impala
npl (Can be used as a collective plural—e.g. "The impala were grazing under the trees.")

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
im•pal•a /ɪmˈpælə, -ˈpɑlə/USA pronunciation   n. [countable], pl. -pal•as, (esp. when thought of as a group) -pal•a. 
  1. Mammalsan African antelope, the male of which has ringed horns.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
im•pal•a  (im pal′ə, -pä′lə),USA pronunciation n., pl. -pal•as, (esp. collectively) -pal•a. 
  1. Mammalsan African antelope, Aepyceros melampus, the male of which has ringed, lyre-shaped horns.
  • Zulu, or a cognate word in another Nguni dialect, dialectal
  • 1870–75

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
impala /ɪmˈpɑːlə/ n ( pl -las, -la)
  1. an antelope, Aepyceros melampus, of southern and eastern Africa, having lyre-shaped horns and able to move with enormous leaps when disturbed
Etymology: from Zulu
'impala' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
antelope

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