They use it with their finger and hold their pinks up!
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A fork is translated 'une fourchette' (fem.) in French.
Italian people are no different than anyone else and yes, they do use a knife and fork and in some cases use a fork with a spoon to twirl their pasta around the fork so it does not splatter everywhere.
In most Europeon countries they eat with the fork in the left hand and push their food onto the fork eating with the fork pointing down and in very small amounts. More the French way which is why most French people eat 12 course meals but eating in very small amounts it's not unusual for people in France to eat like this on a regular basis and stay thin.
Fork in french is fourchette.
Yes a fork is a first class lever because most people use it everyday.
la fourchette
Beautiful fork is Belle fourche / belle fourchette
They use the same utensils we use today, a spoon and a fork.
'une fourchette' (fem.) is a fork in French.
The answer is fourchette. 
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