import re # List of (regular expression, replacement) pairs for abbreviations in french: abbreviations_fr = [ (re.compile("\\b%s\\." % x[0], re.IGNORECASE), x[1]) for x in [ ("M", "monsieur"), ("Mlle", "mademoiselle"), ("Mlles", "mesdemoiselles"), ("Mme", "Madame"), ("Mmes", "Mesdames"), ("N.B", "nota bene"), ("M", "monsieur"), ("p.c.q", "parce que"), ("Pr", "professeur"), ("qqch", "quelque chose"), ("rdv", "rendez-vous"), ("max", "maximum"), ("min", "minimum"), ("no", "numéro"), ("adr", "adresse"), ("dr", "docteur"), ("st", "saint"), ("co", "companie"), ("jr", "junior"), ("sgt", "sergent"), ("capt", "capitain"), ("col", "colonel"), ("av", "avenue"), ("av. J.-C", "avant Jésus-Christ"), ("apr. J.-C", "après Jésus-Christ"), ("art", "article"), ("boul", "boulevard"), ("c.-à-d", "c’est-à-dire"), ("etc", "et cetera"), ("ex", "exemple"), ("excl", "exclusivement"), ("boul", "boulevard"), ] ] + [ (re.compile("\\b%s" % x[0]), x[1]) for x in [ ("Mlle", "mademoiselle"), ("Mlles", "mesdemoiselles"), ("Mme", "Madame"), ("Mmes", "Mesdames"), ] ]