diff --git a/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos/CHANGELOG.md b/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos/CHANGELOG.md
index 187cd853cb27..2c2b9817d9ff 100644
--- a/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ### 4.16.0b3 (Unreleased)
 
 #### Features Added
+* Added the `EmbeddingProvider` Protocol and `EmbeddingResult` dataclass defining the contract the SDK will use to generate vector embeddings for `GenerateEmbeddings(...)` query expressions. See [46902](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/pull/46902)
 
 #### Breaking Changes
 
diff --git a/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos/azure/cosmos/__init__.py b/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos/azure/cosmos/__init__.py
index d7501df99558..7caf5c607aba 100644
--- a/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos/azure/cosmos/__init__.py
+++ b/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos/azure/cosmos/__init__.py
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 
 from ._version import VERSION
 from ._cosmos_responses import CosmosDict, CosmosList
+from ._embedding_provider import EmbeddingProvider
+from ._embedding_result import EmbeddingResult
 from ._retry_utility import ConnectionRetryPolicy
 from .container import ContainerProxy
 from .cosmos_client import CosmosClient
@@ -66,6 +68,8 @@
     "ConnectionRetryPolicy",
     "ThroughputProperties",
     "CosmosDict",
-    "CosmosList"
+    "CosmosList",
+    "EmbeddingProvider",
+    "EmbeddingResult"
 )
 __version__ = VERSION
diff --git a/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos/azure/cosmos/_embedding_provider.py b/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos/azure/cosmos/_embedding_provider.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d55356f90018
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos/azure/cosmos/_embedding_provider.py
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+# The MIT License (MIT)
+# Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+
+from typing import Any, Protocol, Sequence, runtime_checkable
+
+from ._embedding_result import EmbeddingResult
+
+
+@runtime_checkable
+class EmbeddingProvider(Protocol):
+    """Protocol for classes that generate text embeddings for Azure Cosmos DB queries.
+
+    Implementations are invoked by the SDK to embed literal text in queries
+    that use ``GenerateEmbeddings(...)``. A provider may be attached at the
+    client level or overridden at the container level. Implementations must be
+    safe to call concurrently.
+    """
+
+    def generate_embeddings(
+        self,
+        texts: Sequence[str],
+        *,
+        endpoint: str,
+        deployment_name: str,
+        dimensions: int,
+        **kwargs: Any,
+    ) -> EmbeddingResult:
+        """Generate one embedding vector per input string.
+
+        :param texts: The input strings to embed. The returned vectors must be
+            in the same order as the inputs.
+        :type texts: Sequence[str]
+        :keyword str endpoint: The embedding service endpoint.
+        :keyword str deployment_name: The model deployment name.
+        :keyword int dimensions: The expected vector dimensionality.
+        :returns: An :class:`EmbeddingResult` containing the generated vectors.
+        :rtype: ~azure.cosmos.EmbeddingResult
+        """
+        ...
diff --git a/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos/azure/cosmos/_embedding_result.py b/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos/azure/cosmos/_embedding_result.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4b841053b281
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos/azure/cosmos/_embedding_result.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# The MIT License (MIT)
+# Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+from typing import List, Optional
+
+
+@dataclass
+class EmbeddingResult:
+    """Represents the result of an embedding generation call.
+
+    :ivar vectors: The generated embedding vectors, one per input string,
+        in the same order as the inputs.
+    :vartype vectors: List[List[float]]
+    :ivar total_tokens: The total number of tokens consumed by the embedding call.
+    :vartype total_tokens: Optional[int]
+    """
+
+    vectors: List[List[float]]
+    total_tokens: Optional[int] = None
diff --git a/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos/azure/cosmos/aio/__init__.py b/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos/azure/cosmos/aio/__init__.py
index 7d8ac99702e1..c6aaf1a28e71 100644
--- a/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos/azure/cosmos/aio/__init__.py
+++ b/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos/azure/cosmos/aio/__init__.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 from ._container import ContainerProxy
 from ._cosmos_client import CosmosClient
 from ._database import DatabaseProxy
+from ._embedding_provider import EmbeddingProvider
 from ._user import UserProxy
 from ._scripts import ScriptsProxy
 
@@ -30,5 +31,6 @@
     "DatabaseProxy",
     "ContainerProxy",
     "ScriptsProxy",
-    "UserProxy"
+    "UserProxy",
+    "EmbeddingProvider"
 )
diff --git a/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos/azure/cosmos/aio/_embedding_provider.py b/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos/azure/cosmos/aio/_embedding_provider.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..697d994fc643
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos/azure/cosmos/aio/_embedding_provider.py
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# The MIT License (MIT)
+# Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+
+from typing import Any, Protocol, Sequence, runtime_checkable
+
+from .._embedding_result import EmbeddingResult
+
+
+@runtime_checkable
+class EmbeddingProvider(Protocol):
+    """Asynchronous Protocol for classes that generate text embeddings for Azure Cosmos DB queries.
+
+    Asynchronous counterpart of :class:`azure.cosmos.EmbeddingProvider` for use
+    with :class:`azure.cosmos.aio.CosmosClient`.
+    """
+
+    async def generate_embeddings(
+        self,
+        texts: Sequence[str],
+        *,
+        endpoint: str,
+        deployment_name: str,
+        dimensions: int,
+        **kwargs: Any,
+    ) -> EmbeddingResult:
+        """Asynchronously generate one embedding vector per input string.
+
+        :param texts: The input strings to embed. The returned vectors must be
+            in the same order as the inputs.
+        :type texts: Sequence[str]
+        :keyword str endpoint: The embedding service endpoint.
+        :keyword str deployment_name: The model deployment name.
+        :keyword int dimensions: The expected vector dimensionality.
+        :returns: An :class:`EmbeddingResult` containing the generated vectors.
+        :rtype: ~azure.cosmos.EmbeddingResult
+        """
+        ...