No. 4,446 in French
incitant
Stimulus or incentive.
In a sentence
Le discours du professeur était très incitant.
The teacher's speech was very motivating.
In this context, 'incitant' is used as an adjective describing the effect of the teacher's speech.
Ces affiches servent d'incitant pour visiter le musée.
These posters serve as an incentive to visit the museum.
Here, 'incitant' is used as a noun to represent an incentive or motivation to carry out an action.
Son geste incitant les étudiants à participer était apprécié.
His gesture encouraging the students to participate was appreciated.
In this sentence, 'incitant' functions as a present participle used in conjunction with the action of the subject to describe the correlation between the gesture and its effect.
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