Wörterbuch (en): Primer / Grounding / Foundation
de: 
Grundierung (f) / Grundierungsmittel (nt) 
fr: 
Couche de fond (f) / Fond de teint (m) / Couche d'apprêt (f)
it: 
Primer / Innesco
es: 
Imprimación (f) / Capa de imprimación (f)
The primer serves to protect an object with a first layer and at the same time to improve the adhesion conditions for one or more protective and decorative layers still to be applied.