Why this word is great
FRANCOPHILE — [Adjective, Noun] Having a strong admiration for France, its culture, and its people; one who possesses such admiration. From the combining form Franco- (from Medieval Latin Francus, "Frank, French") and the suffix -phile (from Greek philos, "loving, dear"). Unlike "Francophone," which neutrally denotes a speaker of the language, or "Francomania," which implies a feverish, acquisitive frenzy, "Francophile" suggests a patient, aesthetic devotion. It is the specific heft of a cloth-bound Gallimard novel, the scent of butter browning in a steel pan, and the melancholic cadence of an old Édith Piaf record in a quiet room—a quiet, cultivated belief that grace can be a practice, sustained at a respectful distance from its reality.