inverted commainˌverted ˈcomma ●○○ noun [countable usually plural] British English 
1one of a pair of marks (‘) or (’) that are put at the beginning and end of a written word, sentence etc to show that someone said it or wrote it, or when writing the title of a book, song etc SYN quotation mark → punctuation mark2in inverted commas spoken used to show that a word you are using to describe something is only what it is usually called, and not what you think it really is: 
Her friends, in inverted commas, all disappeared when she was in trouble.
1one of a pair of marks (‘) or (’) that are put at the beginning and end of a written word, sentence etc to show that someone said it or wrote it, or when writing the title of a book, song etc SYN quotation mark → punctuation mark2in inverted commas spoken used to show that a word you are using to describe something is only what it is usually called, and not what you think it really is: Her friends, in inverted commas, all disappeared when she was in trouble.